"America is not a blanket woven from one thread, one color, one cloth."

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"I believe we are now in a struggle over whether or not we are going to save America."

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"America is not only big and rich, it is mysterious; and its capacity for the humorous or ironical concealment of its interests matches that of the legendary inscrutable Chinese."

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"Then on to all the terrific american songwriters, from Tin Pan Alley to the Beatles, from Bob Dylan to Paul Simon. Whoever wrote and sang in the song form I have appreciated."

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"Since when have we Americans been expected to bow submissively to authority and speak with awe and reverence to those who represent us?"

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"Though race-related issues continue to occupy a significant portion of our political discussion, and though there remain many unresolved racial issues in this nation, we, average Americans, simply do not talk enough with each other about things racial."

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"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."

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"A check or credit card, a Gucci bag strap, anything of value will do. Give as you live."

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"If my mind can conceive it, and my heart can believe it, I know I can achieve it."

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"If there are occasions when my grape turned into a raisin and my joy bell lost its resonance, please forgive me. Charge it to my head and not to my heart."

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"George Bush has met more foreign heads of state than I have. But a substantial number of them were dead."

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"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."

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"Leadership has a harder job to do than just choose sides. It must bring sides together."

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"I cast my bread on the waters long ago. Now it's time for you to send it back to me - toasted and buttered on both sides."

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"So here we are today with a new conversation. When University of Georgia plays Georgia Tech, it's uniform color versus skin color. We have - we've overcome that level of racial fear."

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