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Fannie Lou Hamer quotes: When I liberate myself, I liberate others. If you don't speak out ain't nobody going to speak out for you.

When I liberate myself, I liberate others. If you don't speak out ain't nobody going to speak out for you.

Fannie Lou Hamer quotes: We didnt come all this way for no two seats when all of us is tired,

We didnt come all this way for no two seats when all of us is tired,

Fannie Lou Hamer quotes: To support whatever is right, and to bring in justice where weve had so much injustice.

To support whatever is right, and to bring in justice where weve had so much injustice.

Fannie Lou Hamer quotes: If I am truly free, who can tell me how much of my freedom I can have today?

If I am truly free, who can tell me how much of my freedom I can have today?

Fannie Lou Hamer quotes: If I fall, I will fall five-feet four-inches forward in the fight for freedom.

If I fall, I will fall five-feet four-inches forward in the fight for freedom.

Fannie Lou Hamer quotes: We are here to work side-by-side with this "black" man in trying to bring liberation to all our people!

We are here to work side-by-side with this "black" man in trying to bring liberation to all our people!

Fannie Lou Hamer quotes: A black woman's body was never hers alone.

A black woman's body was never hers alone.

Fannie Lou Hamer quotes: I feel sorry for anybody that could let hate wrap them up. Ain't no such thing as I can hate anybody and hope to see God's face.

I feel sorry for anybody that could let hate wrap them up. Ain't no such thing as I can hate anybody and hope to see God's face.

Fannie Lou Hamer quotes: Just because people are fat, it doesn't mean they are well fed. The cheapest foods are the fattening ones, not the most nourishing.

Just because people are fat, it doesn't mean they are well fed. The cheapest foods are the fattening ones, not the most nourishing.

Fannie Lou Hamer quotes: It's time for America to get right.

It's time for America to get right.

Fannie Lou Hamer quotes: I am determined to get every Negro in the state of Mississippi registered.

I am determined to get every Negro in the state of Mississippi registered.

Fannie Lou Hamer quotes: You can pray until you faint, but unless you get up and try to do something, God is not going to put it in your lap.

You can pray until you faint, but unless you get up and try to do something, God is not going to put it in your lap.

Fannie Lou Hamer quotes: If this is a Great Society, I'd hate to see a bad one.

If this is a Great Society, I'd hate to see a bad one.

Fannie Lou Hamer quotes: There is one thing you have got to learn about our movement. Three people are better than no people.

There is one thing you have got to learn about our movement. Three people are better than no people.

Fannie Lou Hamer quotes: You know I'm not hung up on this liberating myself from the "black" man - I'm not going to try that thing.

You know I'm not hung up on this liberating myself from the "black" man - I'm not going to try that thing.

Fannie Lou Hamer quotes: Never to forget where we came from and always praise the bridges that carried us over.

Never to forget where we came from and always praise the bridges that carried us over.

Fannie Lou Hamer quotes: You don't have to like everybody, but you have to love everybody.

You don't have to like everybody, but you have to love everybody.

Fannie Lou Hamer quotes: [On her Freedom Farm Cooperative:] If you give a hungry man food, he will eat it. [But] if you give him land, he will grow his own food.

[On her Freedom Farm Cooperative:] If you give a hungry man food, he will eat it. [But] if you give him land, he will grow his own food.

Fannie Lou Hamer quotes: When I liberate others, I liberate myself.

When I liberate others, I liberate myself.

Fannie Lou Hamer quotes: If the white man gives you anything - just remember when he gets ready he will take it right back. We have to take for ourselves.

If the white man gives you anything - just remember when he gets ready he will take it right back. We have to take for ourselves.

Fannie Lou Hamer quotes: Righteousness exalts a nation. Hate just makes people miserable.

Righteousness exalts a nation. Hate just makes people miserable.

Fannie Lou Hamer quotes: Black people know what white people mean when they say "law and order".

Black people know what white people mean when they say "law and order".