Quote by Marian Anderson
As long as you keep a person down, some part of you has to be down

As long as you keep a person down, some part of you has to be down there to hold him down, so it means you cannot soar as you otherwise might. – Marian Anderson

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None of us is responsible for the complexion of his skin. This fact of nature offers no clue to the character or quality of the person underneath. – Marian Anderson

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Leadership should be born out of the understanding of the needs of those who would be affected by it. – Marian Anderson

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The minute a person whose word means a great deal to others dare to take the open-hearted and courageous way, many others follow. – Marian Anderson

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Who digs a pit for others will fall in themselves. – Proverb

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There can be no reconciliation where there is no open warfare. There must be a battle, a brave boisterous battle, with pennants waving and cannon roaring, before there can be peaceful treaties and enthusiastic shaking of hands. – Mary Elizabeth Braddon

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I cannot divine how it happens that the man who knows the least is the most argumentative. – Giovani della Casa

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Never ascribe to an opponent motives meaner than your own. – John M. Barrie

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