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The battle was first waged over the right of the Negro to be classed as a human being with a soul; later, as to whether he had sufficient intellect to master even the rudiments of learning; and today it is being fought out over his social recognition. ↗

— James Weldon Johnson

#being #classed #even #first #fought

I wanted to write a battle song for the Judeans but so far I can think of nothing noble and weighty enough. ↗

— Isaac Rosenberg

#enough #far #i #i can #noble

You've got to work things out in the cloakroom, and when you've got them worked out, you can debate a little before you vote. ↗

— Lyndon B. Johnson

#debate #got #little #out #them

The Negro people of America... have cut our forests, tilled our fields, built our railroads, fought our battles, and in all of their trials they have manifested a simple faith, a grateful heart, a cheerful spirit, and an undivided loyalty . ↗

— Mordecai Wyatt Johnson

#battles #built #cheerful #cut #faith

Treating your adversary with respect is striking soft in battle. ↗

— Samuel Johnson

#battle #respect #soft #striking #treating

I've been told the weirdest things: 'Yeah, I love taking a bath to your music!' or 'I gave birth to my daughter while listening to your music.' ↗

— Norah Jones

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One day I actually took the list into the bathroom and I put it up against my face and looked in the mirror and I realized I had one of two choices, change the list or change myself. ↗

— Star Jones

#against #bathroom #change #choices #day

I am convinced that we as a body must conduct a formal and legitimate debate about election irregularities. ↗

— Stephanie Tubbs Jones

#am #body #conduct #convinced #debate

There is still the feeling that women's writing is a lesser class of writing, that what goes on in the nursery or the bedroom is not as important as what goes on in the battlefield, that what women know about is a less category of knowledge. ↗

— Erica Jong

#battlefield #bedroom #category #class #feeling

It is reason, and not passion, which must guide our deliberations, guide our debate, and guide our decision. ↗

— Barbara Jordan

#decision #deliberations #guide #must #our