When it comes to the cause of justice, I take no prisoners and I don't believe in compromise.

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If Rosa Parks had taken a poll before she sat down in the bus in Montgomery, she'd still be standing.

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The time when you need to do something is when no one else is willing to do it, when people are saying it can't be done.

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Civil Rights opened the windows. When you open the windows, it does not mean that everybody will get through. We must create our own opportunities.

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When you have police officers who abuse citizens, you erode public confidence in law enforcement. That makes the job of good police officers unsafe.

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The adoring crowds and overwhelming Democratic support in the 2008 election was based largely on joy at jettisoning Bush and the appeal of electing a superbly qualified charismatic African American leader.

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