The organization and constant onward sweep of this movement exemplifies the resentment of the many toward the selfishness, greed and the neglect of the few.
Who gets the bird, the hunter or the dog.
In the steel industry the corporations generally have accepted collective bargaining and negotiated wage agreements with the Committee for Industrial Organization.
Unionization, as opposed to communism, presupposes the relation of employment; it is based upon the wage system and it recognizes fully and unreservedly the institution of private property and the right to investment profit.
When people tell me nothing has changed, I say come walk in my shoes and I will show you change.
You cannot be afraid to speak up and speak out for what you believe. You have to have courage, raw courage.
If you’re not hopeful and optimistic, then you just give up. You have to take that long hard look and just believe that if you’re consistent, you will succeed.
If you see something that is not right, not fair, not just, you have a moral obligation to do something about it.
We may not have chosen the time, but the time has chosen us.
We will stand up for what is right, for what is fair and what is just. Health care is a right and not a privilege.
The reward for playing jazz is playing jazz.
Don’t give up! Don’t give in! Keep the faith! And keep your eyes on the prize!
The civil rights movement was based on faith. Many of us who were participants in this movement saw our involvement as an extension of our faith. We saw ourselves doing the work of the Almighty. Segregation and racial discrimination were not in keeping with our faith, so we had to do something.
The government, both state and federal, has a duty to be reasonable and accommodating.
I think all Americans should be hopeful, and try to be optimistic.
When growing up, I saw segregation. I saw racial discrimination. I saw those signs that said white men, colored men. White women, colored women. White waiting. And I didn’t like it.
You have to have the capacity and the ability to take what people did, and how they did it, and forgive them and move on.
I believe in nonviolence as a way of life, as a way of living.
Races don’t fall in love, genders don’t fall in love: Individuals fall in love. We all should be free to marry the person that we love.
In the past the great majority of minority voters, in Ohio and other places that means African American voters, cast a large percentage of their votes during the early voting process.