If we have the courage and tenacity of our forebears, who stood firmly like a rock against the lash of slavery, we shall find a way to do for our day what they did for theirs.
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Next to God we are indebted to women, first for life itself, and then for making it worth living.Mary McLeod Bethune
The drums of Africa still beat in my heart. They will not let me rest while there is a single Negro boy or girl without a chance to prove his worth.
Mary McLeod Bethune
If we accept and acquiesce in the face of discrimination, we accept the responsibility ourselves and allow those responsible to salve their conscience by believing that they have our acceptance and concurrence. We should, therefore, protest openly everything ... that smacks of discrimination or slander.
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Knowledge is the prime need of the hour.
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If our people are to fight their way out of bondage we must arm them with the sword and the shield and the buckler of pride.
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I never stop to plan. I take things step by step.
Mary McLeod Bethune
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