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I do think human beings cannot be faulted for wishing to judge themselves and their lives and their achievements by others around them; that is a natural human feeling. ”
I'm not trying to be something I ain't. That's right. I'm me. ”
We are all human and I want to relate that message to all people. ”
No race can prosper till it learns that there is as much dignity in tilling a field as in writing a poem. ”
It's annoying, but justice and equality are mates. Aren't they? Justice always wants to hang out with equality. And equality is a real pain. ”
You see, Africa makes a fool of our idea of justice. It makes a farce of our idea of equality. It mocks our pieties. It doubts our concern. It questions our commitment. Because there is no way we can look at what's happening in Africa, and if we're honest, conclude that it would ever be allowed to happen anywhere else. ”
So what we're talking about here is human rights. The right to live like a human. The right to live, period. And what we're facing in Africa is an unprecedented threat to human dignity and equality. ”
Quakers are known for wanting to give back. Ban the bomb and the civil rights movement and the native American struggle for justice - those things were very, very front-burner in my childhood, as were the ideas of working for peace and if you have more than you need, then you share it with people who don't. ”
Getting to a 1 rating in households is a sign that we're building momentum. It gives us bragging rights. ”
Glory' pays tribute to honorable men who faced unimaginable discrimination even as they fought to preserve basic human rights. ”