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There are still forces in America that want to divide us along racial lines, religious lines, sex, class. But we've come too far; we've made too much progress to stop or to pull back. We must go forward. And I believe we will get there.

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What 'March' is saying is that it doesn't matter whether we are black or white, Latino or Asian. It doesn't matter whether we are straight or gay.

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We are one people with one family. We all live in the same house... and through books, through information, we must find a way to say to people that we must lay down the burden of hate. For hate is too heavy a burden to bear.

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I couldn't say no to A. Philip Randolph and no to Martin Luther King, Jr. These two men, I loved them, I admired them, and they were my heroes.

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Sometimes I hear people saying, 'Nothing has changed.' Come and walk in my shoes.

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We are one people; we are only family. And when we finally accept these truths, then we will be able to fulfill Dr. King's dream to build a beloved community, a nation, and a world at peace with itself.

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You cannot be at home with something that you feel that is wrong, is not right.

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I always felt growing up that in the South there was evil but also good - so much good.

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I am very, very hopeful about the American South - I believe that we will lead America to what Dr. King called 'the beloved community.'

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I travel all the time, but when I come back to the South, I see such progress. In a real sense, a great deal of the South has been redeemed. People feel freer, more complete, more whole, because of what happened in the movement.

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Politician

Born: February 21st, 1940

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