Quote by Stokely Carmichael
There is a higher law than the law of government. Thats the law of

There is a higher law than the law of government. Thats the law of conscience. – Stokely Carmichael

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We had no more courage than Harriet Tubman or Marcus Garvey had in their times. We just had a more vulnerable enemy. – Stokely Carmichael

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Courage
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I knew that I could vote and that that wasnt a privilege it was my right. Every time I tried I was shot, killed or jailed, beaten or economically deprived. – Stokely Carmichael

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Time
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This is a generation weaned on Watergate, and there is no presumption of innocence and no presumption of good intentions. Instead, there is a presumption that, without relentless scrutiny, the government will misbehave. – Dee Dee Myers

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Government

Since taking office, President Obama has signed into law spending increases of nearly 25 percent for domestic government agencies – an 84 percent increase when you include the failed stimulus. All of this new government spending was sold as investment. – Paul Ryan

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Government

Man will never be free until the last king is strangled with the entrails of the last priest. – Denis Diderot

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Government

Democracy is an experiment, and the right of the majority to rule is no more inherent than the right of the minority to rule; and unless the majority represents sane, righteous, unselfish public sentiment, it has no inherent right. – William Allen White (Thanks, Bob)

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Government

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Evolution: that last step was a doozy! – Terri Guillemets, 1988 September, biology journal

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Humankind

There is no power on earth that can neutralize the influence of a high, simple and useful life. – Booker T. Washington

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power