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Wise men say
Only fools rush in
But I can't help
Falling in love with you

Elvis Presley

Can't Help Falling in Love

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Presley, Elvis. "Can't Help Falling in Love." Written by Hugo Peretti and Luigi Creatore and George David Weiss. Blue Hawaii. RCA Records, 1961.

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It's hard to be humble when you are as great as I am.

Muhammad Ali

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Ali, Muhammad. Quoted in The New York Times. 30 Nov. 1974.

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If slavery is not wrong, nothing is wrong.

Abraham Lincoln

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Lincoln, Abraham. Letter to Albert G. Hodges. 4 Apr. 1864.

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Lincoln, Abraham. "To Albert G. Hodges, April 4, 1864." Abraham Lincoln: Speeches and Writings 1859-1865, edited by Don E. Fehrenbacher. Library of America, 1989.

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The era of big government is over.

Bill Clinton

1996 State of the Union Address

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Clinton, Bill. "State of the Union Address." Joint session of the United States Congress. 23 Jan. 1996, United States Capitol Building, Washington, DC, USA.

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The ballot is stronger than the bullet.

Abraham Lincoln

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Lincoln, Abraham. "Lost Speech." Anti-Nebraska Bloomington Convention, First Republican State Convention of Illinois. 29 May 1856, Major's Hall, Bloomington, IL, USA.

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Lincoln, Abraham. "Speech at Bloomington, Illinois, May 29, 1856." Abraham Lincoln: Speeches and Writings 1832-1858, edited by Don E. Fehrenbacher. Library of America, 1989.

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Tom appeared on the sidewalk with a bucket of whitewash and a long-handled brush. He surveyed the fence, and all gladness left him and a deep melancholy settled down upon his spirit. Thirty yards of board fence nine feet high. Life to him seemed hollow, and existence but a burden.

Mark Twain

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer

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Twain, Mark. The Adventures of Tom Sawyer. Hartford: American Publishing Company, 1876, ch. 2.

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Twain, Mark. The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, edited by Peter Stoneley. Oxford University Press, 2008, ch. 2.

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Like a bridge over troubled water
I will lay me down.

Simon & Garfunkel

Bridge over Troubled Water

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Simon, Paul. "Bridge Over Troubled Water." Performed by Simon & Garfunkel. Bridge Over Troubled Water, Columbia Records, 1970.

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The nation is sick, trouble is in the land, confusion all around... But I know, somehow, that only when it is dark enough can you see the stars.

Martin Luther King, Jr.

I've Been to the Mountaintop

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King, Martin Luther, Jr. “I’ve Been to the Mountaintop.” 3 Apr. 1968, Mason Temple, Memphis, TN, USA.

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I am scared of young white boys. If you white and under 21 I am running for the hills.

Chris Rock

Bigger & Blacker

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Rock, Chris. Bigger & Blacker. HBO, 10 July 1999.

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This is what you shall do: Love the earth and sun and the animals, despise riches, give alms to every one that asks, stand up for the stupid and crazy, devote your income and labor to others, hate tyrants, argue not concerning God.

Walt Whitman

Leaves of Grass

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Whitman, Walt. Leaves of Grass. Brooklyn, New York: Self-published, 1855, preface.

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Whitman, Walt. Leaves of Grass: The Complete 1855 and 1891-2 Editions. Library of America, 2011, preface to 1855 edition.

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I'm not afraid of storms, for I'm learning how to sail my ship.

Louisa May Alcott

Little Women

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Alcott, Louisa May. Little Women. Boston: Roberts Brothers, 1868, ch. 44.

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Alcott, Louisa May. Little Women. Puffin Books, 2014, ch. 44.

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The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged... On account of race, color, or previous condition or servitude.

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The United States Constitution. Amend. 15, sec. 1.

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"The Constitution of the United States." The Constitution of the United States and The Declaration of Independence. Racehorse, 2016, amend. 15, sec. 1.

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That man over there says that women need to be helped into carriages, and lifted over ditches, and to have the best place everywhere. Nobody ever helps me into carriages, or over mud-puddles, or gives me any best place! And ain't I a woman? Look at me! Look at my arm! I have ploughed and planted, and gathered into barns, and no man could head me! And ain't I a woman? I could work as much and eat as much as a man-when I could get it-and bear the lash as well! And ain't I a woman? I have borne thirteen children, and seen most all sold off to slavery, and when I cried out with my mother's grief, none but Jesus heard me! And ain't I a woman?

Sojourner Truth

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Truth, Sojourner. Speech in Ohio. Woman's convention. May 1851, Akron, Ohio, USA.

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Truth, Sojourner. "Ain't I a Woman?" Great Speeches by African Americans, edited by James Daley. Dover Publications, 2006.

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You could put half of Trump's supporters into what I call the "basket of deplorables."

Hillary Rodham Clinton

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Clinton, Hillary. Remarks at a fundraiser. Campaign fundraising event. 9 Sept. 2016, New York, NY, USA.

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The ground which a colored man occupies in this country is, every inch of it, sternly disputed.

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Douglass, Frederick. Speech in New York City. American and Foreign Anti-Slavery Society annual meeting. 11 May 1853, New York City, NY, USA.

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Douglass, Frederick. "A Nation in the Midst of a Nation (1853)." The Speeches of Frederick Douglass, edited by John R. McKivigan, Julie Husband and Heather L. Kaufman. Yale University Press, 2018.

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People, people who need people
Are the luckiest people in the world.

Barbra Streisand

People

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Merrill, Bob. "People." Funny Girl. Composed by Jule Styne. 1964, Winter Garden Theatre, New York City, New York, USA.

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It's in the reach of my arms,
The span of my hips,
The stride of my step,
The curl of my lips.
I'm a woman
Phenomenally.
Phenomenal woman,
That's me.

Maya Angelou

Phenomenal Woman

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Angelou, Maya. "Phenomenal Woman." And Still I Rise. Random House, 1978, I. 6.

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You know what’s fucked up about taxes? You don’t even pay taxes. They take tax. You get your check, money gone. That ain’t a payment, that’s a jack.

Chris Rock

Bigger & Blacker

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Rock, Chris. Bigger & Blacker. HBO, 10 July 1999.

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I can with truth assure you, I heard Bulletts whistle and believe me there was something charming in the sound.

George Washington

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Washington, George. Letter to John Augustine Washington. 31 May 1754.

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Washington, George. "To John Augustine Washington, May 31, 1754." George Washington: Writings, edited by John H. Rhodehamel. Library of America, 1997.