I mean, the fight for a health care bill to cover all Americans and leave none behind is attacked as being a race appeal, which is not true, but then it's put out in the media as true.

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I know they are all environmentalists. I heard a lot of my speeches recycled.

I know they are all environmentalists. I heard a lot of my speeches recycled.

So here we are today with a new conversation. When University of Georgia plays Georgia...

So here we are today with a new conversation. When University of Georgia plays Georgia...

When the doors of opportunity swing open, we must make sure that we are not...

When the doors of opportunity swing open, we must make sure that we are not...

Our dreams must be stronger than our memories. We must be pulled by our dreams,...

Our dreams must be stronger than our memories. We must be pulled by our dreams,...

No one should negotiate their dreams. Dreams must be free to fly high. No government,...

No one should negotiate their dreams. Dreams must be free to fly high. No government,...

In many ways, history is marked as 'before' and 'after' Rosa Parks. She sat down...

In many ways, history is marked as 'before' and 'after' Rosa Parks. She sat down...

When we're unemployed, we're called lazy; when the whites are unemployed it's called a depression.

When we're unemployed, we're called lazy; when the whites are unemployed it's called a depression.

It is time for us to turn to each other, not on each other.

It is time for us to turn to each other, not on each other.

In politics, an organized minority is a political majority.

In politics, an organized minority is a political majority.

Leadership cannot just go along to get along. Leadership must meet the moral challenge of...

Leadership cannot just go along to get along. Leadership must meet the moral challenge of...

Never look down on anybody unless you're helping him up.

Never look down on anybody unless you're helping him up.

If you run, you might lose. If you don't run, you're guaranteed to lose.

If you run, you might lose. If you don't run, you're guaranteed to lose.

At the end of the day, we must go forward with hope and not backward...

At the end of the day, we must go forward with hope and not backward...

We must not measure greatness from the mansion down, but from the manger up.

We must not measure greatness from the mansion down, but from the manger up.

From seeds of his body blossomed the flower that liberated a people and touched the...

From seeds of his body blossomed the flower that liberated a people and touched the...

Leadership has a harder job to do than just choose sides. It must bring sides...

Leadership has a harder job to do than just choose sides. It must bring sides...

I cast my bread on the waters long ago. Now it's time for you to...

I cast my bread on the waters long ago. Now it's time for you to...

I hear that melting-pot stuff a lot, and all I can say is that we...

I hear that melting-pot stuff a lot, and all I can say is that we...

George Bush has met more foreign heads of state than I have. But a substantial...

George Bush has met more foreign heads of state than I have. But a substantial...

Keep hope alive!

Keep hope alive!