As long as you keep a person down, some part of you has to be down there to hold him down, so it means you cannot soar as you otherwise might.

Quote by Marian Anderson

Topics: Freedom Quotes, Sympathy Quotes, Understanding Quotes

None of us is responsible for the complexion of his skin. This fact of nature...

None of us is responsible for the complexion of his skin. This fact of nature...

I have a great belief in the future of my people and my country.

I have a great belief in the future of my people and my country.

Prayer begins where human capacity ends.

Prayer begins where human capacity ends.

The minute a person whose word means a great deal to others dare to take...

The minute a person whose word means a great deal to others dare to take...

You lose a lot of time, hating people.

You lose a lot of time, hating people.

When you stop having dreams and ideals - well, you might as well stop altogether.

When you stop having dreams and ideals - well, you might as well stop altogether.

When I sing, I don't want them to see that my face is black. I...

When I sing, I don't want them to see that my face is black. I...

There are many persons ready to do what is right because in their hearts they...

There are many persons ready to do what is right because in their hearts they...

A singer starts by having his instrument as a gift from God... When you have...

A singer starts by having his instrument as a gift from God... When you have...

No matter how big a nation is, it is no stronger that its weakest people,...

No matter how big a nation is, it is no stronger that its weakest people,...

I suppose I might insist on making issues of things. But that is not my...

I suppose I might insist on making issues of things. But that is not my...

None of us is responsible for the complexion of his skin. This fact of nature...

None of us is responsible for the complexion of his skin. This fact of nature...

Fear is a disease that eats away at logic and makes man inhuman.

Fear is a disease that eats away at logic and makes man inhuman.

I forgave the DAR many years ago. You lose a lot of time hating people.

I forgave the DAR many years ago. You lose a lot of time hating people.

Everyone has a gift for something, even if it is the gift of being a...

Everyone has a gift for something, even if it is the gift of being a...

Prejudice is like a hair across your cheek. You can't see it, you can't find...

Prejudice is like a hair across your cheek. You can't see it, you can't find...

As long as you keep a person down, some part of you has to be...

As long as you keep a person down, some part of you has to be...

Freedom is what you do with what's been done to you.

Freedom is what you do with what's been done to you.

Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction

Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction

If ye love wealth better than liberty, the tranquillity of servitude than the animating contest...

If ye love wealth better than liberty, the tranquillity of servitude than the animating contest...

Solitude is independence.

Solitude is independence.

Sympathy is a virtue unknown in nature.

Sympathy is a virtue unknown in nature.

I now understand more clearly than I ever had before why you won in November...

I now understand more clearly than I ever had before why you won in November...