"I went to jail 44 times. I've been beaten and left for dead on the side of the road fighting for freedom. . . . Yet Rosa Parks is better known in history than Ralph David Abernathy. Why is that?"

-- Ralph Abernathy

#Fighting Quotes #Jail Quotes #Parks Quotes

“When I'm called unkind... that really cuts to the quick. You can say anything else that you like about me.”
“If you can actually count your money, then you're not a rich man.”
“For a long time, I missed being in the courtroom every day. I missed trial work. It was so much a part of my life. It was what I did and who I was. But over the years I did find the opportunity to realize my childhood dream of writing crime fiction.”
“The first, the supreme, the most far-reaching act of judgment that the statesman and commander have to make is to establish ... the kind of war on which they are embarking.”
“You can have fun, but when it is time to work, work hard and be focused.”
“That said, a lot of people buy products with "green" in the brand name, but make no attempt to understand what it would really take to live sustainably. I think one of the most pernicious examples of magical environmental thinking is the anti-GMO movement.”

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“Positioning the brand and regaining trust are all smart things for us to do and those are the litmus tests for any decisions we make.”
“You have such strong words at command, that they make the smallest argument seem formidable.”

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