"I am aware that many object to the severity of my language; but is there not cause for severity?"

-- William Lloyd Garrison

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“We were land-based agrarian people from Africa. We were uprootedÂ from Africa, and we spent 200 years developing our culture as blackÂ Americans. And then we left the South. We uprooted ourselves andÂ attempted to transplant this culture to the pavements of the industrialized North. And it was a transplant that did not take. I think if we hadÂ stayed in the South, we would have been a stronger people. AndÂ because the connection between the South of the 20's, 30's and 40's hasÂ been broken, it's very difficult to understand who we are.”
“My mom keeps me going, man. She deserves such a good life. I just wanna give it to her. My dad, too. My family, my friends, they keep me motivated. Just knowing my personal legend, just knowing what I'm supposed to do, that keeps me going.”

Source : "Big Sean Talks Def Jam Debut, Detroit Roots, and Working With Kanye & Pharrell". Interview with Modele "Modi" Oyewole, www.complex.com. April 17, 2010.
“Where there is noÂ struggle, there is absolutely no progress”
“It cannot be denied that Islam, regarded as an ethical ideal plus a certain kind of polity - by which expression I mean a social structure regulated by a legal system and animated by a specific ethical ideal - has been the chief formative factor in the life-history of the Muslims of India. It has furnished those basic emotions and loyalties which gradually unify scattered individuals and groups, and finally transform them into a well-defined people, possessing a moral consciousness of their own.”
“I think it is vital to fight to do something you want to do despite not gaining your community's or your friends' approval.”
“I am convinced that the moment is coming when, with its message of eternal, universal values, it will come to the aid of our society. For in these words: "Thou shalt not kill; Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself," lie those very moral principles that will enable us to survive even the most critical situations.”

Source : "Against the Grain : An Autobiography" by Boris Yeltsin, (p. 251), 1990.
“When our eyes see our hands doing the work of our hearts, the circle of Creation is completed inside us, the doors of our souls fly open and love steps forth to heal everything in sight.”
“Life without oil, in fact, would be so different that it is frightening to contemplate. We are addicted, and it is no comfortable addiction.”

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