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I'm tough in the sense that I believe as strongly in what I'm doing as anybody else believes in what they are doing.
A prompt, generous letter of thanks can seal a commitment which otherwise might disappear when the going gets rough.
Never think of any right effort as being fruitless. All right effort bears fruit, whether we see the results or not.
Almost all fear is fear of the unknown. Therefore, what's the remedy? To become acquainted with the things you fear.
Your lower self sees you as the center of the universe- your higher self sees you as a cell in the body of humanity.
The flow from knowledge to action draws upon the complete person with his or her catalyst and synergistic potential.
Once you don't vote your ideals... that has serious undermining affects. It erodes the moral basis of our democracy.
Geeks like to think that they can ignore politics, you can leave politics alone, but politics won't leave you alone.
Have you ever been hurt and the place tries to heal a bit, and you just pull the scar off of it over and over again.
We had no more courage than Harriet Tubman or Marcus Garvey had in their times. We just had a more vulnerable enemy.
Painting has always been a healthy and happy place for me to create. People really like that experience and so do I.
Violating the 4th Amendment guarantees against illegal searches and seizures is not the way to solve crime problems.
It's hard to say when or if we will actually arrive at that place called 'post-racial', or, better yet, post-racism.
The United States of America is the richest country in the world; yet we're the worst at taking care of poor people.
I would refuse to go to a homophobic heaven. No, I would say sorry, I mean I would much rather go to the other place.
Your ordinary acts of love and hope point to the extraordinary promise that every human life is of inestimable value.
We worshipped in the temple of cutthroat competition, and so some cooked the books, because the treasure is so great.
I have made speeches urging women to adopt methods of rebellion such as have been adopted by men in every revolution.
On the issues of religious liberty, the Supreme Court continues to scrape against the bedrock of the American spirit.
Most of today's black convicts have come to understand that they are the most abused victims of an unrighteous order.
So much talent comes from the base of poverty and those in the margins. You limit the base, you miss too much talent.
Black men of integrity cannot make a deal with a politician and leave out the poor of the nation, all God's children.
Misfortune is never mournful to the soul that accepts it; for such do always see that every cloud is an angel's face.
Having a place in this society is far less important than creating a society in which one would want to have a place.
If it weren't for people like the people in Berkeley, standing up for what they believe, we'd be living under Hitler.
I deal with spiritual truth which should never be sold and need never be bought. When you are ready it will be given.
Blessed are they who translate every good thing they know into action - even higher truths shall be revealed to them.
A leader has the vision and conviction that a dream can be achieved. He inspires the power and energy to get it done.
By the time you rise through the ranks, the culture of homogenization has bred the spirit and imagination out of you.
The accountability of government has gone to the point where the very use of the law is the instrument of illegality.
Once you don't vote your ideals ... that has serious undermining affects. It erodes the moral basis of our democracy.
Judicial Watch's FOIA lawsuits have already shown the Obama State Department was corruptly targeting President Trump.
Raising children was not designed for single parents. (Which is why divorce was such a taboo prior to birth control).
I am grateful to my father for sending me to school, and that we moved from Somalia to Kenya, where I learned English.
Life is funny and we are really funny, especially when we get to be hoity toity; we can be so ridiculous. Life is fun.
The Lord who told me to take care of my people meant me to do it just as long as I live, and so I did what he told me.
I have big hope for the Canadian government to help Somalia with something concrete and tangible. I haven't seen that.
Six million Jews died in concentration camps, but six billion broiler chickens will die this year in slaughter houses.
I don’t have any doubt in my mind that there will come a time when we will see violence against animal rights abusers.
The great responsibility that we have today is to put the poor and the near poor back on front of the American agenda.
Familiarity so dulls the edge of perception as to make us least acquainted with things forming part of our daily life.
AIM in essence is a movement rather than just an organization. It is a manifestation of the desperation of our people.
Her iron will won international respect. Her unabashed femininity gained women's. Margaret Thatcher was a lady's lady.
We first crush people to the earth, and then claim the right of trampling on them forever, because they are prostrate.
I have always believed that I could help change the world, because I have been lucky to have adults around me who did.
I never thought I was breaking a glass ceiling. I just had to do what I had to do, and it never occurred to me not to.
I couldn't cut up a frog, and I certainly couldn't perform surgery. I'm better at making it possible for other people.
Greenpeace is the world's largest feel-good organisation now, and I can say that 'cause I am one of their co-founders.
What people really suffer from is immaturity. Among mature people war would not be a problem - it would be impossible.
People have got to show up, showing up at meetings, rallies, marches, City Council, courtrooms. You've got to show up.