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African-Americans who might have disagreed with candidate Obamas left-of-center politics voted for him in 2008 because electing a candidate with brown skin was too historic an opportunity to miss. – Alveda King

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It is statistically proven that the strongest institution that guarantees procreation and continuity of the generations is marriage between one man and one woman. We dont want genocide. We dont want to destroy the sacred institution of marriage. – Alveda King

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People need jobs, people need happy and successful lives there should be marriage between one man and one woman, there should the value of person from conception until natural death. – Alveda King

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If we have an honest discussion on whether the war on poverty should be fought with welfare or with economic growth in the private sector, Democrats will lose black votes. – Alveda King

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When you come from desperate poverty, and thats exactly what I come from, you know that nonsenses are not to be tolerated. Im not sure who gains from chaos, but I know its not the poor folks in the council flats. The politics of vindictiveness is never, ever anything like a solution. – Johnny Rotton

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I could pose in fashion commercials as a high society star but politics is a new way of life. – Marat Safin

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