"I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character." -Martin Luther King Jr, 1963
"The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation. What is called resignation is confirmed desperation. But it is a characteristic of wisdom to not do desperate things." -Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1841
"A new command I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another. By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you love one another." -John 13:34, from the words of Jesus Christ from around 25-30 AD
"As long as poverty, injustice, and gross inequailty persist in our world, none of us can truly rest." -Nelson Mandela, 2005
"Get in good trouble, neccesary trouble, and help redeem the soul of America." -John Lewis, 2020
"Every woman should have the freedom to make decisions about her own body without interference from the government." -Kamala Harris, 2024
"I wanna do right, in case anyone fails me." -Jesse Welles, 2024
"Just because you have rights today, does not mean you will have rights tomorrow." -Sheryl Lee Ralph, 2022
"Both men and women should feel free to be sensitive. Both men and women should feel free to be strong…it is time that we all perceive gender on a spectrum not as two opposing sets of ideas." -Emma Watson, 2014
"We chase misprinted lies. And we face the path of time." -Layne Staley, 1994
"The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they dont have any." -Alice Walker, 1999
"There is not too short, too tall, too warm, too wet, or too humid. There is just one excuse: too weak." -Alexander Megos, 2016
"When people say, "It can't be done," or "You don't have what it takes," it makes the task all the more interesting." -Lynn Hill, 1990
"It is not the mountain we conquer, but ourselves." -Sir Edmund Hillary, 1953