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A Nation That Does Not Stand For Its Children Does Not Stand For Anything And Will Not Stand Tall In The Future.

When I Started Out As An Activist, The Issues Were Much Clearer. There's Advantage To The New Media, But On The Other Hand, You Miss The Ability To Frame An Issue That You Had When There Were Just Three Tv Networks: Cbs, Nbc, And Abc. So The Whole World Could See The Same Police Dogs. The Same Bull Connor And His White Tank. Now You've Got Narrow-casting. The Media Is All Fragmented. It's So Hard To Get People To Focus In A Sustained Way.

There Are So Many Noises And Pulls And Competing Demands In Our Lives That Many Of Us Never Find Out Who We Are. Learn To Be Quiet Enough To Hear The Sound Of The Genuine Within Yourself So That You Can Hear It In Other People.

Don't Assume A Door Is Closed; Push On It. Don't Assume If It Was Closed Yesterday That It Is Closed Today. Don't Ever Stop Learning And Improving Your Mind. If You Do, You're Going To Be Left Behind.

Learn To Be Quiet Enough To Hear The Genuine Within Yourself So That You Can Hear It In Others.