“I was the first American citizen to be elected to Congress in spite of the double drawbacks of being female and having skin darkened by melanin. When you put it that way, it sounds like a foolish reason for fame. In a just and free society it would be foolish. That I am a national figure because I was the first person in 192 years to be at once a congressman, black and a woman proves, I think, that our society is not yet either just or free.”
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Courageous Quotes — page 159 of 1106
“All concerns of men go wrong when they wish to cure evil with evil.”
“We are always more afraid than we wish to be, but we can always be braver than we expect.”
“Every society gets the kind of criminal it deserves. What is equally true is that every community gets the kind of law enforcement it insists on.”
“When strong, avoid them. If of high morale, depress them. Seem humble to fill them with conceit. If at ease, exhaust them. If united, separate them. Attack their weaknesses. Emerge to their surprise.”
“Do one thing at a Time, and while doing it put your whole Soul into it to the exclusion of all else.”
“I am running for president to return our country to the principles of liberty and limited government.”
“I'ma do my thing until the day the reaper come for me. You can keep on grillin', I'ma smile back.”
“A downtrodden class... will never be able to make an effective protest until it achieves solidarity.”
“Unity should be the cornerstone of relations”
“If you want to change the world, change yourself.”
“There would be nothing to frighten you if you refused to be afraid.”
“Thomas Edison dreamed of a lamp that could be operated by electricity, began where he stood to put his dream into action, and despite more than ten thousand failures, he stood by that dream until he made it a physical reality. Practical dreamers do not quit.”
“I do not like money, money is the reason we fight.”
“It's fine to be on the hamster wheel, running and running, trying to grab the brass ring or whatever you define as success, but your relationships, that's really all that matters when it's all said and done.”
“Patriotism is usually stronger than class hatred, and always stronger than internationalism.”
“You can choose to be free , but it's last decision you'll ever make”
“We all have Hitler in us, but we also have love and peace. So why not give peace a chance for once?”
“Whoso sheddeth man's blood, by man shall his blood be shed.”
“This war is not an ordinary war. It is the war of the entire Russian people. Not only to eliminate the danger hanging over our heads, but to aid all people groaning under the yoke of Fascism”