"We did not hesitate to call our movement an army. But it was a special army, with no supplies but its sincerity, no uniform but its determination, no arsenal except its faith, no currency but its conscience."

Martin Luther King, Jr., American Leader

Activism, Faith, Army, Determination, Integrity

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"We did not hesitate to call our movement an army. But it was a special army, with no supplies but its sincerity, no uniform but its determination, no arsenal except its faith, no currency but its conscience."

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"Peaceful, lawful protest - if it is effective - is innately disruptive of 'business as usual.' That is why it is effective."

Naomi Wolf, American Author

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"The human voice is still the most paramount vessel or weapon to use, to uphold justice and to protest against injustice."

Sunday Adelaja, Nigerian Author

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"Let our voices be heard. I hope they will not be shrill voices, but, I hope we shall speak with such conviction that those to whom we speak shall know of the strength of our feeling and the sincerity of our efforts."

Gordon B. Hinckley, American Clergyman

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"If we don't see real changes in the world, it simply means we are not serious enough about creating those changes. We cannot a!ord to entertain superficial changes any more. The changes we need should be deep, real, and thorough."

Ilchi Lee, South Korean Author

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"Racism does not need to be fixed, it has to be stopped."

Abdulazeez Henry Musa, Nigerian Author

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"Make noise for justice.Make noise for inclusion.Make noise for empathy.Make noise for our planet.Make noise for civil rights.Make noise for women's rights.Make noise for compassion.Make noise for LOVE."

Scott Stabile, American Author

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"Never be afraid to raise your voice for honesty and truth and compassion against injustice and lying and greed. If people all over the world...would do this, it would change the earth."

William Faulkner, American Novelist

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"If you don't act now, the day is not far, that this beautiful planet of yours, which you call home, shall be turned into a dry barren wasteland by the blood-sucking fundamentalists."

Abhijit Naskar, Indian Author

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"Always contend for the good!"

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"There will be no mass-based feminist movement as long as feminist ideas are understood only by a well-educated few."

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"Occasionally in life there are those moments of unutterable fulfillment which cannot be completely explained by those symbols called words. Their meanings can only be articulated by the inaudible language of the heart."

Emotion

"Let no man pull you so low as to hate him."

Emotion

"I'm concerned about a better world. I'm concerned about justice; I'm concerned about brotherhood; I'm concerned about truth. And when one is concerned about that, he can never advocate violence. For through violence you may murder a murderer, but you can't murder murder. Through violence you may murder a liar, but you can't establish truth. Through violence you may murder a hater, but you can't murder hate through violence. Darkness cannot put out darkness; only light can do that."

Reflection

"We must live together as brothers or perish together as fools."

Humanity

"Nothing in all the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity."

Wisdom

"Science investigates religion interprets. Science gives man knowledge which is power religion gives man wisdom which is control."

Wisdom

"Free at last, Free at last, Thank God almighty we are free at last."

Freedom

"We will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends."

Friendship

"No one can pretend that because a people may be oppressed, every individual member is virtuous and worthy."

Justice

"But I know, somehow, that only when it is dark enough, can you see the stars."

Hope