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Equality

The Klan had used fear, intimidation and murder to brutally oppress over African-Americans who sought justice and equality and it sought to respond to the young workers of the civil rights movement in Mississippi in the same way.

- Charles Rangel

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The more I do bookstores, the more people come up to me from church groups. I spoke at Pittsburg State College and had 2 or 3 ministers and book groups from a couple of churches.

- Anita Diament

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People

The people who couldn't get out of New Orleans to escape the storm were predominantly Black.

- Charles Rangel

Crime Nature May

Regardless of the nature of their crime or any rehabilitation that may have occurred, these ex-felons cannot participate in the decision-making process of this great Nation.

- Charles Rangel

Hurricane season routinely strikes the Caribbean harder than the U.S.

- Charles Rangel

Act

The Voting Rights Act of 1965 was indeed a vital instrument of democracy, ensuring the integrity and reliability of a democratic process that we as a Country hold so dear.

- Charles Rangel

Question

Without question, conditions in the Haiti are worse since Aristide's removal, and continue to deteriorate.

- Charles Rangel

Defeat

As a nation we should commit ourselves not only to the fight against terrorism, but to economic justice, defeat of the AIDS epidemic and vestiges of discriminatory policies of all kinds.

- Charles Rangel

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Intentions Equality World People

I know my country has not perfected itself. At times, we've struggled to keep the promise of liberty and equality for all of our people. We've made our share of mistakes, and there are times when our actions around the world have not lived up to our best intentions.

- Barack Obama

Care Equality

Elections are also about the future - the pledges that we are making for this country. For those who care about equality and fairness in the UK, and beyond, Labour really is the only choice.

- Anne Campbell

Equality

It is better that some should be unhappy rather than that none should be happy, which would be the case in a general state of equality.

- Samuel Johnson

Sense Man Equality

As soon as man enters into a state of society he loses the sense of his weakness; equality ceases, and then commences the state of war.

- Charles de Secondat

Equality People

As equality increases, so does the number of people struggling for predominance.

- Mason Cooley

Equality

Democracy does not guarantee equality of conditions - it only guarantees equality of opportunity.

- Irving Kristol