"The great social justice changes in our country have happened when people came together, organized, and took direct action. It is this right that sustains and nurtures our democracy today. The civil rights movement, the labor movement, the women's movement, and the equality movement for our LGBT brothers and sisters are all manifestations of these rights."

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Source : "Election Day is the Most Important Day of Your Life" by Joe Baker, www.huffingtonpost.com. October 27, 2016.

Dolores Huerta

#Country Quotes #Brother Quotes #Rights Quotes

“The worst stuff that you say sounds better than the best stuff that some other people say”
“I keep a little notebook of things that I can do to the zombies that might be silly and fun.”
“White domination is so complete that even American Indian children want to be cowboys. It's as if Jewish children wanted to play Nazis.”

Source : Ward Churchill, M. Annette Jaimes (1992). “Fantasies of the master race: literature, cinema and the colonization of American Indians”, Common Courage Pr
“Eliminating what is not wanted or needed is profitable in itself.”
“If we know anything about a path at all, it's only because of the Great ones that have gone before us. Out of their love and kindness, they have left some footprints for us to follow. So, in the same way that they wish for us, we wish that all beings everywhere, including ourselves, be safe, be happy, have good health, and enough to eat. And may we all live at ease of heart with whatever comes to us in life.”

Source : FaceBook post by Krishna Das from Jun 19, 2015
“Every single problem that you have in your life, is the seed of an opportunity for some greater benefit. Stay alert to opportunities by being grounded in the wisdom of uncertainty! When your preparedness meets opportunity the solution will spontaneously appear!”
“The government doesn't have any money. The only power it has is to take from some and give to others.”
“Life is like skiing. Just like skiing, the goal is not to get to the bottom of the hill. It's to have a bunch of good runs before the sun sets.”

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