Quotes by Famous Americans Past and Present
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Quotes by Famous Americans Past and Present
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Mary McLeod Bethune Quotes Click here for Mary McLeod Bethune books Mary McLeod Bethune: Educator and Activist (African-American Biographies) "If we accept and acquiesce in the face of discrimination, we accept the responsibility ourselves and allow those responsible to salve their conscience by believing that they have our acceptance and concurrence. We should, therefore, protest openly everything . . . that smacks of discrimination or slander." "Without faith, nothing is possible. With it, nothing is impossible." "Invest in the human soul. Who knows, it might be a diamond in the rough." "We live in a world which respects power above all things. Power, intelligently directed, can lead to more freedom." "I leave you love. I leave you hope. I leave you the challenge of developing confidence in one another. I leave you respect for the use of power. I leave you faith. I leave you racial dignity." "Next to God we are indebted to women, first for life itself, and then for making it worth living." "The true worth of a race must be measured by the character of its womanhood." "Whatever glory belongs to the race for a development unprecedented in history for the given length of time, a full share belongs to the womanhood of the race." "If our people are to fight their way up out of bondage we must arm them with the sword and the shield and the buckler of pride." "For I am my mother's daughter, and the drums of Africa still beat in my heart. They will not let me rest while there is a single Negro boy or girl without a chance to prove his worth." "We have a powerful potential in our youth, and we must have the courage to change old ideas and practices so that we may direct their power toward good ends." "If we have the courage and tenacity of our forebears, who stood firmly like a rock against the lash of slavery, we shall find a way to do for our day what they did for theirs." "The whole world opened to me when I learned to read." "There is a place in God's sun for the youth "farthest down" who has the vision, the determination, and the courage to reach it." |
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