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It wasn’t northern agitators who pushed Negroes to question their country, as so many southern whites wanted to believe. It was their own pride, their patriotism, their deep and abiding belief in the possibility of democracy that inspired the Negro people. And why not? Who knew American democracy more intimately than the Negro people? They knew democracy’s every virtue, vice, and shortcoming, its voice and contour, by its profound and persistent absence in their lives. The failure to secure the blessings of democracy was the feature that most defined their existence in America. Every Sunday they made their way to their sanctuaries and fervently prayed to the Lord to send them a sign that democracy would come to them. -- Margot Lee Shetterly
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Then they yelled at the ones that had stars at the start. We’re exactly like you! You can’t tell us apart. We’re all just the same, now, you snooty old smarties! And now we can go to your frankfurter parties. -- Dr. Seuss
Democracy is the road to socialism.
The gender stereotypes introduced in childhood are reinforced throughout our lives and become self-fulfilling prophesies. Most leadership positions are held by men, so women don’t expect to achieve them, and that becomes one of the reasons they don’t. -- Sheryl Sandberg
Gender as it functions today is a grave injustice. I am angry. We should all be angry. Anger has a long history of bringing about positive change. -- Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Democracy is just a filler for textbooks! Do you actually believe that public opinion influences the government? - Voltaire
Growing up in this post-apartheid era, the first generation of teens in South Africa living in this new democracy, I often found myself feeling different. I was often the only person of color in an otherwise all-white school. And within the Indian community, because of my training with an English acting teacher, my accent was very different.
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I think organized labor is a necessary part of democracy. Organized labor is the only way to have fair distribution of wealth. - Dolores Huerta
The day they decided that Sneetches were Sneetches. And no kind of Sneetch is the best on the beaches. -- Dr. Seuss
Their goal wasn’t to stand out because of their differences; it was to fit in because of their talent. -- Margot Lee Shetterly
All men are free and equal, in the grave. -- Harriet Beecher Stowe
