I don't understand it, how President Johnson can send troops to Vietnam and cannot send troops to Selma, Alabama, to protect people whose only desire is to register to vote. - John Lewis

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My words itch at your ears till you understand them. -- Walt Whitman

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I want to understand you, I study your obscure language.

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As all advocates of feminist politics know most people do not understand sexism or if they do they think it is not a problem. Masses of people think that feminism is always and only about women seeking to be equal to men. And a huge majority of these folks think feminism is anti-male. Their misunderstanding of feminist politics reflects the reality that most folks learn about feminism from patriarchal mass media. ― Bell Hooks

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We've learned that quiet isn't always peace. ― Amanda Gorman

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Nothing is easier than to denounce the evildoer; nothing is more difficult than to understand him. — Fyodor Dostoyevsky

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I hear and I forget. I see and I remember. I do and I understand.

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America needs to understand Islam, because this is the one religion that erases from its society the race problem. Throughout my travels in the Muslim world, I have met, talked to, even eaten with people who in America would have been considered 'white,' but the 'white' attitude had been removed from their minds by the religion of Islam.

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My faith helps me understand that circumstances don't dictate my happiness, my inner peace. - Denzel Washington

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When day comes, we step out of the shade of flame and unafraid. The new dawn balloons as we free it. For there is always light, if only we’re brave enough to see it. If only we’re brave enough to be it. ― Amanda Gorman

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