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Desmond Tutu Quote: “The minute you got the Nobel…”

The minute you got the Nobel Peace Prize, things that I said yesterday, with nobody paying too much attention, I say the same things after I got it – oh! It was quite crucial for people, and it helped our morale because apartheid did look invincible.

October 27, 2021 1931, Desmond Tutu, October 7, Quotes by Leaders, South African

Julian Bond Quote: “I do think that some of…”

I do think that some of us began to realize that this was going to be a long struggle that was going to go on for decades, and you’d have to knuckle down. A lot of people in our generation did that. They didn’t drop out and run away.

October 25, 2021 1940, American, January 14, Julian Bond, Quotes by Activists

Golda Meir Quote: “The Egyptians could run to Egypt…”

The Egyptians could run to Egypt, the Syrians into Syria. The only place we could run was into the sea, and before we did that we might as well fight.

October 23, 2021 1898, Golda Meir, Israeli, May 3, Quotes by Leaders

William Lyon Phelps Quote: “Whenever it is possible, a boy…”

Whenever it is possible, a boy should choose some occupation which he should do even if he did not need the money.

October 6, 2021 1865, American, January 2, Quotes by Educators, William Lyon Phelps

Letitia Elizabeth Landon Quote: “Ah, tell me not that memory…”

Ah, tell me not that memory sheds gladness o’er the past, what is recalled by faded flowers, save that they did not last?

October 3, 2021 1802, August 14, English, Letitia Elizabeth Landon, Quotes by Poets

Emily Dickinson Quote: “If fame belonged to me, I…”

If fame belonged to me, I could not escape her; if she did not, the longest day would pass me on the chase, and the approbation of my dog would forsake me then. My barefoot rank is better.

September 30, 2021 1830, American, December 10, Emily Dickinson, Quotes by Poets

William Cowper Quote: “The dogs did bark, the children…”

The dogs did bark, the children screamed, Up flew the windows all; And every soul bawled out, Well done! As loud as he could bawl.

September 29, 2021 1731, English, November 26, Quotes by Poets, William Cowper

Dorothy Height Quote: “There is no contradiction between effective…”

There is no contradiction between effective law enforcement and respect for civil and human rights. Dr. King did not stir us to move for our civil rights to have them taken away in these kinds of fashions.

September 23, 2021 1912, American, Dorothy Height, March 24, Quotes by Activists

Louis Farrakhan Quote: “But if I thought on it…”

But if I thought on it, I would like to be remembered as a brother who loved his people and did everything that I knew to fight for them, the liberation of our people.

September 18, 2021 1933, American, Louis Farrakhan, May 11, Quotes by Activists

Iris Chang Quote: “The worst… was what the Pakistani…”

The worst… was what the Pakistani soldiers did to the Bengali women after their failed rebellion.

September 17, 2021 1968, Chinese, Iris Chang, March 28, Quotes by Historians

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