Fannie Lou Hamer Quotes

You can tell this by the program the federal government had to train 2,400 tractor drivers. They would have trained Negro and white together, but this man, Congressman Jamie Whitten, voted against it and everything that was decent. So, we've got to have somebody in Washington who is concerned about the people of Mississippi.

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• Power is the by-product of understanding.

  

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• I think coming to work and being absurd and neurotic and thoughtful at the same time is far more interesting.

  

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• I doubt anyone else would have travelled as extensively as I have to meet the citizens of the country.

  

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• To develop drugs for people, we basically dismantle the system. In the lab, we look at things the size of a cell or two. We dismantle life into very small models.

  

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• None are more taken in by flattery than the proud, who wish to be the first and are not.

  

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• Sure I think it is healthy to speak the truth, and be who you are, and be proud of that.

  

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• Part of the reason for moving to New York was the sense that it just didn't matter how much work I did in England, I continued to be seen simply as a Redgrave. I did feel I could be who I am in New York and we all like to feel appreciated.

  

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• You can tell this by the program the federal government had to train 2,400 tractor drivers. They would have trained Negro and white together, but this man, Congressman Jamie Whitten, voted against it and everything that was decent. So, we've got to have somebody in Washington who is concerned about the people of Mississippi.

  

  Fannie Lou Hamer
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