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Greatness is not measured by what a man or woman accomplishes, but by the opposition he or she has overcome to reach his goals.

~Dorothy Height

Topics: Accomplishes Goals Greatness He He Or She His Man Measured Opposition Overcome Reach She Woman

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Without community service, we would not have a strong quality of life. It's important to the person who serves as well as the recipient. It's the way in which we ourselves grow and develop.

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Topics: Community Community Service Develop Grow Important Life Ourselves Person Quality Quality Of Life Recipient Serve Service Strong Way Well Which Who Without Would

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We had people of all backgrounds coming together - all races, all creeds, all colors, all status in life. And coming together there was a kind of quiet dignity and a kind of sense of caring and a feeling of joint responsibility.

~Dorothy Height

Topics: All Races Backgrounds Caring Colors Coming Creeds Dignity Feeling Had Joint Kind Life People Quiet Races Responsibility Sense Status Together

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No one will do for you what you need to do for yourself. We cannot afford to be separate. We have to see that all of us are in the same boat.

~Dorothy Height

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We have to improve life, not just for those who have the most skills and those who know how to manipulate the system. But also for and with those who often have so much to give but never get the opportunity.

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A Negro woman has the same kind of problems as other women, but she can't take the same things for granted.

~Dorothy Height

Topics: Granted Kind Other Problems Same Same Things She Take Things Woman Women

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We have to realize we are building a movement.

~Dorothy Height

Topics: Building Movement Realize

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We've got to work to save our children and do it with full respect for the fact that if we do not, no one else is going to do it.

~Dorothy Height

Topics: Children Else Fact Full Going Got Our Respect Save Work

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There is no contradiction between effective law enforcement and respect for civil and human rights. Dr. King did not stir us to move for our civil rights to have them taken away in these kinds of fashions.

~Dorothy Height

Topics: Away Between Civil Civil Rights Contradiction Did Dr Dr. King Effective Enforcement Fashions Human Human Rights Kinds King Law Law Enforcement Move Our Respect Rights Stir Taken Them Us

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Activist

Born: March 24th, 1912

Died: April 20th, 2010

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