“Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did and it never will.”
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A battle lost or won is easily described, understood, and appreciated, but the moral growth of a great nation requires reflection, as well as observation, to appreciate it.
It is easier to build strong children than to repair broken men.
The white man's happiness cannot be purchased by the black man's misery.
It is not light that we need, but fire it is not the gentle shower, but thunder. We need the storm, the whirlwind, and the earthquake.
