"Our history in this country dates from the moment that restless men among us became restless under oppression and rose against it . . . Agitation, contentions, ceaseless unrest, constant aspiring -- a race so moved must prevail."

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Source : Timothy Thomas Fortune (2008). “T. Thomas Fortune, the Afro-American Agitator: A Collection of Writings, 1880-1928”

Timothy Thomas Fortune

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“A good marriage is a contest of generosity.”
“I was always pretty organized in high school and my mother, she always pushed me to just overachieve, both my parents. (They) let me know education is key and without it nowadays, you probably wouldn't be able to get a good job or have a decent living.”

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“The present condition of fame is merely fashion.”
“There is value in everybody's gift. No matter how hard to find or strange it is.”
“Great men of action... never mind on occasion being ridiculous; in a sense it is part of their job, and at times they all are.”

Source : Oswald Mosley (2012). “My Life - Oswald Mosley”, p.238, Black House Publishing Ltd
“You must forget all your theories, all your ideas before the subject. What part of these is really your own will be expressed in your expression of the emotion awakened in you by the subject.”
“There is one thing more powerful than kings and all the soldiers in the world, and that is a visionary who has the courage to persevere.”
“I want to be one of those people, be they writers, poets, musicians, who leaves clues for the next generation. The really good people leave clues that help feed the human race. That's my aspiration.”

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