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The vote is precious. It's almost sacred, so go out and vote like you never voted before.

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I think my whole life has been one of sort of daring, and sort of sailing against the wind instead of just going with the wind.

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Not one of us can rest, be happy, be at home, be at peace with ourselves, until we end hatred and division.

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Never give up. Never give in. Never become hostile... Hate is too big a burden to bear.

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Too many of us still believe our differences define us.

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I remember back in the 1960s - late '50s, really - reading a comic book called 'Martin Luther King Jr. and the Montgomery Story.' Fourteen pages. It sold for 10 cents. And this little book inspired me to attend non-violence workshops, to study about Gandhi, about Thoreau, to study Martin Luther King, Jr., to study civil disobedience.

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If you're not hopeful and optimistic, then you just give up. You have to take the long hard look and just believe that if you're consistent, you will succeed.

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There's nothing wrong with a little agitation for what's right or what's fair.

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We're one people, and we all live in the same house. Not the American house, but the world house.

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We had teachers, we had high school principals, we had people teaching in colleges and university in Tuskegee, Alabama. But they were told they failed the so-called literacy test.

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Politician

Born: February 21st, 1940

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