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“We have got to stop the nervous Nellies and the Toms from going to the Mans place. I dont believe in killing, but a good whipping behind the bushes wouldnt hurt them.... These bourgeoisie Negroes arent helping. Its the ghetto Negroes who are leading the way.”
—Fannie Lou Hamer (19171977)
“If the oarsmen of a fast-moving ship suddenly cease to row, the suspension of the driving force of the oars doesnt prevent the vessel from continuing to move on its course. And with a speech it is much the same. After he has finished reciting the document, the speaker will still be able to maintain the same tone without a break, borrowing its momentum and impulse from the passage he has just read out.”
—Marcus Tullius Cicero (10643 B.C)
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