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"Crime must be brought under control... Freedom without civility, freedom without the ability to live in peace, was not true freedom at all."
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"I want freedom for the full expression of my personality."
"A slave that acknowledges its enslavement is halfway to its liberation."
"You know, there are two good things in life, freedom of thought and freedom of action."
"You can build walls all the way to the sky and I will find a way to fly above them. You can try to pin me down with a hundred thousand arms, but I will find a way to resist. And there are many of us out there, more than you think. People who refuse to stop believing. People who refuse to come to earth. People who love in a world without walls, people who love into hate, into refusal, against hope, and without fear.I love you. Remember. They cannot take it."
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"Freedom is indivisible; the chains on any one of my people were the chains on all of them, the chains on all of my people were the chains on me."
"A good leader can engage in a debate frankly and thoroughly, knowing that at the end he and the other side must be closer, and thus emerge stronger. You don't have that idea when you are arrogant, superficial, and uninformed."
"During my lifetime I have dedicated myself to this struggle of the African people. I have fought against white domination, and I have fought against black domination. I have cherished the ideal of a democratic and free society in which all persons live together in harmony and with equal opportunities. It is an ideal which I hope to live for and to achieve. But if needs be, it is an ideal for which I am prepared to die."
"Does anybody really think that they didn't get what they had because they didn't have the talent or the strength or the endurance or the commitment?"
"Live life as though nobody is watching, and express yourself as though everyone is listening."
"When a man is denied the right to live the life he believes in, he has no choice but to become an outlaw."
"When the women begin to take an active part in the struggle, no power on earth can stop us from achieving freedom in our lifetime."
"It reaffirmed my long-held belief that education was the enemy of prejudice. These were men and women of science, and science had no room for racism."
"I am fundamentally an optimist. Whether that comes from nature or nurture, I cannot say. Part of being optimistic is keeping one's head pointed toward the sun, one's feet moving forward. There were many dark moments when my faith in humanity was sorely tested, but I would not and could not give myself up to despair. That way lays defeat and death."
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