Inspirational Quotes, Motivational Sayings, and Wise Words for Daily Inspiration

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I had known, number one, that there would never be any role for me in the leadership capacity with SCLC. Why? First, I'm a woman. Also, I'm not a minister. And second, I am a person that feels that I have to maintain some degree of personal integrity and be my own barometer of what is important and what is not.

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Until the killing of black men, black mothers' sons, becomes as important to the rest of the country as the killing of a white mother's sons, we who …

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I've never credited myself with a professional life. But, basically, it has been that.

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In order for us as poor and oppressed people to become part of a society that is meaningful, the system under which we now exist has to be radically …

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We who believe in freedom cannot rest until it comes.

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I have always thought that what is needed is the development of people who are interested not in being leaders as much as in developing leadership in…

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Give light, and people will find the way...

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I didn't break the rules, but I challenged the rules.

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I came out of a family background that involved itself with people.

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You didn't see me on television, you didn't see news stories about me. The kind of role that I tried to play was to pick up pieces or put together pi…

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