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Nelson Mandela - No one is born hating another person because of the color of his skin, or his background, or his religion. Template
Tanesha Grant - Juneteenth symbolizes the hope that my children and grandchildren will be free. It’s Black joy and Black tenacity to survive. Template
Nikki Giovanni - Everything will change. The only question is growing up or decaying. Template
John Lewis - You must never, ever give out. We must keep the faith because we are one people. We are brothers and sisters. We all live in the same house—the American house. Template
Tanesha Grant - As Black people, we are told we don’t deserve our own holidays rooted in our own history. Everything is whitewashed. Template
Ella Fitzgerald - Just don't give up what you're trying to do. Where there is love and inspiration, I don't think you can go wrong. Template
Zoé Samudzi - We are not ready to fight because we love fighting. We are ready to fight because we are worth fighting for. Template
Aretha Franklin - We all require and want respect, man or woman, Black or white. It's our basic human right. Template
John Quincy Adams - Where annual elections end where slavery begins. Template
Martin Luther King Jr. - Love is the only force capable of transforming an enemy into a friend. Template
Martin Luther King Jr. - Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. Template
Kwame Nkruma - Freedom is not something that one people can bestow on another as a gift. They claim it as their own and none can keep it from them. Template
Desmond Tutu - My humanity is bound up in yours, for we can only be human together. Template
Martin Luther King Jr. - Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter. Template
Theodorea Regina Berry - The proclamation notes that freedom shall not be repressed. This is what I believe to be the primary significance of Juneteenth. Template
James Baldwin - If you know whence you came, there is really no limit to where you can go. Template
Malcom X - You can’t separate peace from freedom, because no one can be at peace unless he has his freedom. Template
Martin Luther King Jr. - What matters is not how long you live…but how you live Template
Kevin Bales - Slavery is theft—theft of a life, theft of work, theft of any property or produce, theft even of the children a slave might have borne. Template
Harriet Tubman - I should fight for my liberty as long as my strength lasted, and when the time came for me to go, the Lord would let them take me. Template
Langston Hughes - I swear to the Lord I still can’t see why democracy means everybody but me. Template
Frederick Douglass - Knowledge makes a man unfit to be a slave. Template
Martin Luther King Jr. - Freedom is never voluntarily given by the oppressor; it must be demanded by the oppressed. Template
Harriet Tubman - Now I’ve been free, I know what a dreadful condition slavery is. I have seen hundreds of escaped slaves, but I never saw one who was willing to go back and be a slave. Template
Michelle Obama - There are still many causes worth sacrificing for, so much history yet to be made. Template
Rosa Parks - I would like to be remembered as a person who wanted to be free… so other people would be also free. Template
Pharrell Williams - The day we were free—everyone was free. Why not make it a paid holiday? We deserve that…We want a day that is inclusive to everyone. Template
Abu Bakr - It is a matter of shame that in the morning the birds should be awake earlier than you. Template
Toni Morrison - Freeing yourself was one thing, claiming ownership of that freed self was another. Template
Shirley Chisholm - In the end, anti-black, anti-female, and all forms of discrimination are equivalent to the same thing: anti-humanism. Template
Malcolm X - You can’t separate peace from freedom because no one can be at peace unless he has his freedom. Template
Harriet Tubman - I had crossed the line. I was free; but there was no one to welcome me to the land of freedom. I was a stranger in a strange land. Template
James Brown - Say it loud. I’m black and I’m proud! Template
Abraham Lincoln - Whenever I hear anyone arguing for slavery, I feel a strong impulse to see it tried on him personally. Template
Maya Angelou - You may kill me with your hatefulness. But still, like air, I’ll rise. Template
Alan Keyes - The flag that was the symbol of slavery on the high seas for a long time was not the Confederate battle flag, it was sadly the Stars and Stripes. Template
Fannie Lou Hamer - Nobody’s until everybody’s Template
Frederick Douglass - I prayed for freedom for twenty years, but received no answer until I prayed with my legs. Template
Colin Kaepernick - I am not going to stand up to show pride in a flag for a country that oppresses Black people and people of color. Template
Dr. Greg Carr - Every June 19th is an opportunity for us to continue the momentum of memory, and the parade and the self-determination movements. Template
Steve Maraboli - When a new day begins, dare to smile gratefully. Template
Paulo Coelho - One day you will wake up and there won’t be any more time to do the things you’ve always wanted. Do it now. Template
Doe Zantamata - Every morning starts a new page in your story. Make it a great one today. Template
Karen Lamb - A year from now, you may wish you had started today. Template
Jim Ryun - Motivation is what gets you started. Habit is what keeps you going. Template
Bernard Williams - There was never a night or a problem that could defeat sunrise or hope. Template
George Washington Carver - Nothing is more beautiful than the loveliness of the woods before sunrise. Template
Denise Brennan-Nelson - Someday is not a day of the week. Template
Mahatma Gandhi - Prayer is the key of the morning and the bolt of the evening. Template
Robert Orben - Every morning I get up and look through the Forbes list of the richest people in America. If I’m not there, I go to work. Template
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