Quote by Gil Scott-Heron
Ive always had questions about what it meant to be a protester, to

Ive always had questions about what it meant to be a protester, to be in the minority. Are the people who are trying to find peace, who are trying to have the Constitution apply to everybody, are they really the radicals? Were not protesting from the outside. Were inside. – Gil Scott-Heron

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Music has the power to make me feel good like nothing else does. It gives me some peace for a while. Takes me back to who I really am. – Gil Scott-Heron

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Everything thats bad for you catches on too quickly in America, because thats the easiest thing to get people to invest in, the pursuits that are easy and destructive, the ones that bring out the least positive aspects of people. – Gil Scott-Heron

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Every once in a while, you live long enough to get the respect that people didnt want to give while you were trying to become a senior citizen. – Gil Scott-Heron

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On all the peaks lies peace. – Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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Success is not assured, but America is resolute: this is the best chance for peace we are likely to see for some years to come – and we are acting to help Israelis and Palestinians seize this chance. – Condoleezza Rice

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Isaac and I are going to Israel to ride for peace enviromental justice and a safer world for us all. – Mandy Patinkin

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If we are to teach real peace in this world, and if we are to carry on a real war against war, we shall have to begin with the children. – Mahatma Gandhi

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