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Charles Rangel

"The Klan had used fear, intimidation and murder to brutally oppress over African-Americans who sought justice and equality and it sought to respond to the young workers of the civil rights movement in Mississippi in the same way."

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"The Klan had used fear, intimidation and murder to brutally oppress over African-Americans who sought justice and equality and it sought to respond to the young workers of the civil rights movement in Mississippi in the same way."

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"Even though God has given the gift of time to all men equally, it is what each man does with this equal gift of time that determines whether or not he will be great."

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"No one has been barred on account of his race from fighting or dying for America, there are no white or colored signs on the foxholes or graveyards of battle."

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"Our creator is the King of all kings. Which makes us the royal children of His. So don't ever place yourself beneath or above any human being on earth."

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"Not all single women want to be married. Not all boys like football. Not all homemakers like to cook. Not all messy people are lazy. And not all the obese are gluttons. There are glands and diabetes and a dozen conditions you never heard of that may account for things. Put your sermon through the counter-stereotype sieve."

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"I will feel equality has arrived when we can elect to office women who are as incompetent as some of the men who are already there."

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"Friendship is something that creates equality and mutuality, not a reward for finding equality or a way of intensifying existing mutuality."

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