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"America, 5 years after this brutal attack, is testament that a Nation conceived in liberty and equality will endure. It is a triumph of millions of Americans but it is also the triumph of an idea larger than any one person, larger than any one nation."

"Every citizen of this country should be guaranteed that their vote matters, that their vote is counted, and that in the voting booth, their vote has a much weight as that of any CEO, any member of Congress, or any President."

"Every man should stand under the blue and stars, under the infinite flag of nature, the peer of every other man."

"A spoon does not know whether it enters a rich or poor man's mouth."
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"Today's students can put dope in their veins or hope in their brains. If they can conceive it and believe it, they can achieve it. They must know it is not their aptitude but their attitude that will determine their altitude."

"A man must be willing to die for justice. Death is an inescapable reality and men die daily, but good deeds live forever."

"In many ways, history is marked as 'before' and 'after' Rosa Parks. She sat down in order that we all might stand up, and the walls of segregation came down."

"From seeds of his body blossomed the flower that liberated a people and touched the soul of a nation."

"Our dreams must be stronger than our memories. We must be pulled by our dreams, rater than pushed by our memories."

"I mean, the fight for a health care bill to cover all Americans and leave none behind is attacked as being a race appeal, which is not true, but then it's put out in the media as true."

"No one should negotiate their dreams. Dreams must be free to fly high. No government, no legislature, has a right to limit your dreams. You should never agree to surrender your dreams."
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