Quote by Alveda King
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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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My daddy, Rev. A. D. King, my granddaddy, Martin Luther King, Senior – we are a family of faith, hope and love. – Alveda King

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Faith
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Racism oppresses its victims, but also binds the oppressors, who sear their consciences with more and more lies until they become prisoners of those lies. They cannot face the truth of human equality because it reveals the horror of the injustices they commit. – 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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Politics thrives on simple, clean messages, something that played to Obamas advantage in 2008. Stagnant unemployment and the loss of Americas AAA rating are as simple and tough as they come. This is the economy on Obamas watch, and theres no one left to blame. – John Sununu

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Im not entirely sure what my end goal is, but Id love to get involved in city politics and broadcast TV. – Holly Madison

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There are still people in my party who believe in consensus politics. I regard them as Quislings, as traitors… I mean it. – Margaret Thatcher

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I am an Anglo-Catholic in religion, a classicist in literature and a royalist in politics. – T. S. Eliot

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