Category: activist
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From seeds of his body blossomed the flower that liberated a people and touched the soul of a nation.
Jesse Jackson
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Take care to get what you like or you will be forced to like what you get.
George Bernard Shaw
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The God who existed before any religion counts on you to make the oneness of the human family known and celebrated.
Desmond Tutu
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I believe it doesn’t do yourself any good to hate.
Ruby Bridges
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My experience has been that work is almost the best way to pull oneself out of the depths.
Eleanor Roosevelt
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It is a historical error for those who were not there to just refer to August 28th as ‘I Have a Dream’ speech day. That is a real disservice to those who were there. It was a sad day. It was not a celebration environment.
Jesse Jackson
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So many bright stars, bright in life, burn out quickly.
Jesse Jackson
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If we’re gonna get past our our racial differences, it’s gonna come from our kids, but they have to be together to do that.
Ruby Bridges
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The Bible is not only laws, it’s also stories.
Elie Wiesel
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Our obligation is to give meaning to life and in doing so to overcome the passive, indifferent life.
Elie Wiesel