"In this nation, the greatest of all nations, there are no second-class families. That is our great American conviction."

-- Benjamin Jealous

#Class Quotes #Great American Quotes #Conviction Quotes

“One act of obedience is better than one hundred sermons.”
“We go forward with our heads held high, but look back and remember where we come from.”
“You hear entertainers all the time, saying, 'If I couldn't get paid for this, I'd do it for free.' When's the last time you ever heard a business person say, 'If I couldn't get paid for being chairman of British Petroleum, I'd do it for free'?”
“More and more people will now start realizing that we are actually equal to one another and that nobody will re-establish the balance or stability within this unless each and every one stands up.”
“So much of the news was invented for propaganda.”

Source : Elsa Morante (2015). “History: A Novel”, p.73, Steerforth
“If someone doesn't want to work with me because I'm playing a gay character, I don't want to work with them. They can fck off.”
“You're not supposed to be so blind with patriotism that you can't face reality. Wrong is wrong, no matter who says it.”

Source : Malcolm X (1990). “Malcolm X on Afro-American History”, Pathfinder Press
“If you do not pray, everything can disappoint you by going wrong. If you do pray, everything can still go wrong, but not in a way that will disappoint you.”

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