Cleveland Sellers quotes
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“We cannot sit around and talk about the beloved community.”
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“We wanted black power to be all things to all people.”
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“Black power got to moving so fast that we miscalculated the fallout. I certainly have to take some of the responsibility of that; but there was no way we anticipated the response.”
-- Cleveland Sellers
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“It is the local community that needs to own the commitment to education.”
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“Drugs ruin peoples lives, break up families and have disastrous effects on our communities.”
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“What is important is family, friends, giving back to your community and finding meaning in life.”
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“An evil nature wielding great authority brings misfortune upon the community.”
Source : "Dictionary of Quotations (classical)" by Thomas Benfield Harbottle. Ctesiphontem, 147, 1897.
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“It was the Democrats who were against civil rights legislation”
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“The only real prison is fear, and the only real freedom is freedom from fear”
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“Angelica. My beloved daughter, the one true good thing I have done in this life.”
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