"Those who aren't caught up into this bigotry, this hatred, those who respect us when they see us. Then you have an obligation also, the good ones. To make sure you say to the others, that this blue wall of silence must come down and that everybody must be treated equally."

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Source : "Cincinnati under curfew after days of violent protests". www.cnn.com. April 13, 2001.

Kweisi Mfume

#Wall Quotes #Blue Quotes #Silence Quotes

“I cannot understand why the poets of our day wax indignant at the vulgarity of their age and complain of having come into the world too early or too late. I believe that every man of intellect can create his own beautiful fable of life.”
“Listing the polar bear under the Endangered Species Act could harm bear conservation efforts by eliminating revenues from the carefully-regulated sport hunting of polar bears by Americans and the importation of polar bear meat and trophies into the U.S. As hunting by non-Americans would replace hunting by Americans, nothing would be accomplished in terms of reducing the number of polar bears killed, but the revenue currently generated by American sport hunters for conservation and research efforts would be eliminated.”
“There are people who have tremendously important things to say, but they say it so poorly that nobody would ever want to read it.”
“. . . planning a brilliant menu and preparing it beautifully doesn't guarantee a recipe for success.”
“The sensuality, delicacy of literature does not exist for me; only the passion, energy and struggleâ€¦ Most of my friends deplore this: they are always telling me what I should leave out in order to have success. But I know that nothing has more success in the end than an intelligent ferocity.”

Source : Christina Stead (1992). “A Web of Friendship: Selected Letters, 1928-1973”, Angus & Robertson Publishers
“Mom always tells me to celebrate everyone's uniqueness. I like the way that sounds.”
“Americans deserve both clean air and clean water and never one at the expense of the other.”
“I was brought up to reuse things.”

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