„Ah! Vanitas vanitatum! Which of us is happy in this world? Which of us has his desire? or, having it, is satisfied? — Come, children, let us shut up the box and the puppets, for our play is played out.“

— William Makepeace Thackeray

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„Which of us is happy in this world? Which of us has his desire? or, having it, is satisfied?“
— William Makepeace Thackeray
„Let us march on ballot boxes, march on ballot boxes until race-baiters disappear from the political arena.Let us march on ballot boxes until the salient misdeeds of bloodthirsty mobs will be transformed into the calculated good deeds of orderly citizens.Let us march on ballot boxes until the Wallaces of our nation tremble away in silence.Let us march on ballot boxes until we send to our city councils, state legislatures, and the United States Congress, men who will not fear to do justly, love mercy, and walk humbly with thy God.Let us march on ballot boxes until brotherhood becomes more than a meaningless word in an opening prayer, but the order of the day on every legislative agenda.Let us march on ballot boxes until all over Alabama God’s children will be able to walk the earth in decency and honor. There is nothing wrong with marching in this sense.“
— Jr.
„Racism is still with us. But it is up to us to prepare our children for what they have to meet, and, hopefully, we shall overcome.“
— Rosa Parks
„We have no choice, we people of the United States, as to whether or not we shall play a great part in the world. That has been determined to us by fate, by the march of events. We have to play that part. All that we can decide is whether we shall play it well or ill.“
— Theodore Roosevelt
„While we do our good works let us not forget that the real solution lies in a world in which charity will have become unnecessary.“
— Chinua Achebe