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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

You know, Julie, someday a man's going to tame you. — Maya Banks

Rare is the man who seeks not only to heal himself but to heal his fellow man. — Jose N. Harris

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

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

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

Whatever the era ... one thing will never change: Fathers and mothers, if you have children, they must come first. — Barbara Bush

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

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

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

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

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

I see no greatness in my self ... I'm a simple-minded, child-like, insipid sort of moronic and kind of akward feeling adolescent. — Neal Cassady

Anything for Byron's least favorite apprentice. It's the least I can do since you took over my torch. — Rachel E. Carter

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

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

Women of a certain grade are like prosperous grisettes in one respect, they seldom return home after twelve o'clock. — Alexandre Dumas

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

The way to do good basic design isn't actually to be really smart about it, but to try to have a few basic concepts. — Linus Torvalds

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

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

Good. I think I'm falling for you too. Let's not pull this chute. — Jessica Park

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

Love is like falconry," he said. "Don't you think that's true, Cleveland?"
"Never say love is like anything." said Cleveland. "It isn't. — Michael Chabon

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

You would not exist if you did not have something to bring to the table of life. — Herbie Hancock

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

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

[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

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

I'd do a lot of things to protect you. — Richelle Mead

In many ways, I regard Sharon and Arafat as birds of a feather. — Amos Oz

When I liberate others, I liberate myself. — Fannie Lou Hamer

In Bosnian, there's no distinction in literature between fiction and nonfiction; there's no word describing that. — Aleksandar Hemon

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