Whoever Said Anyone Has The Right To

It Is Utterly Exhausting Being Black In America - Physically, Mentally, And Emotionally. While Many Minority Groups And Women Feel Similar Stress, There Is No Respite Or Escape From Your Badge Of Color.

A Lot Of People Are Waiting For Martin Luther King Or Mahatma Gandhi To Come Back - But They Are Gone. We Are It. It Is Up To Us. It Is Up To You.

Investing In [children] Is Not A National Luxury Or A National Choice. It's A National Necessity. If The Foundation Of Your House Is Crumbling, You Don't Say You Can't Afford To Fix It While You're Building Astronomically Expensive Fences To Protect It From Outside Enemies. The Issue Is Not Are We Going To Pay - It's Are We Going To Pay Now, Up Front, Or Are We Going To Pay A Whole Lot More Later On.

The Civil-rights Movement Was Completely Impossible To Achieve. But Look At What Ordinary People Were Able To Do Because They Were Willing To Sacrifice Their Lives To Stay With It. They Didn't Expect A Political Process To Respond To Them. They Made The Political Process Respond To Them. To Say "it's So Bad I Won't Bother" Is To Give Up On Your Children And Give Up On Your Future.

Democracy Cannot Breathe, Indeed Will Die, If Those Enjoined To Protect It And Uphold The Laws Snuff It Out - With No Consequences.