"We want the full works of citizenship with no reservations. We will accept nothing less . . . This condition of freedom, equality, and democracy is not the gift of gods. It is the task of men, yes, men, brave men, honest men, determined men."

-- A. Philip Randolph

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“A lot of people say I'm not very friendly, that I'm cold. But I'm just the opposite. I live a very simple life. I'm a normal person, very sensitive, very caring about those around me.”
“Things turn out best for those who make the best of the way things turn out.Things turn out best for those who make the best of the way things turn out.”
“I've always been extremely physical.”
“I enter negotiations with Chairman Arafat, the leader of the PLO, the representative of the Palestinian people, with the purpose to have coexistence between our two entities, Israel as a Jewish state and Palestinian state, entity, next to us, living in peace.”
“I am single and not looking to be in a relationship.”
“Death, taxes and childbirth! There's never any convenient time for any of them.”

Source : Gone with theWind pt. 4, ch. 38 (1936) See Benjamin Franklin 41; Proverbs 63
“I don't believe in an America where the separation of church and state is absolute. The idea that the church can have no influence or no involvement in the operation of the state is absolutely antithetical to the objectives and vision of our country.”

Source : Interview with George Stephanopoulos, abcnews.go.com. February 26, 2012.
“Being too early is indistinguishable from being wrong.”

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