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Racism oppresses its victims, but also binds the oppressors, who s

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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Were reclaiming America and restoring honor. I believe we do that with faith, with hope, with charity, and honoring our brothers and our sisters as we honor each other. – 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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America, 5 years after this brutal attack, is testament that a Nation conceived in liberty and equality will endure. It is a triumph of millions of Americans but it is also the triumph of an idea larger than any one person, larger than any one nation. – Nick Rahall

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The beginning of reform is not so much to equalize property as to train the noble sort of natures not to desire more, and to prevent the lower from getting more. – Aristotle

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From the equality of rights springs identity of our highest interests you cannot subvert your neighbors rights without striking a dangerous blow at your own. – Carl Schurz

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