Prejudice is like a hair across your cheek. You can't see it, you can't find it with your fingers, but you keep brushing at it because the feel of it is irritating.

Quote by Marian Anderson

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Leadership should be born out of the understanding of the needs of those who would...

Leadership should be born out of the understanding of the needs of those who would...

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...

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...

You lose a lot of time, hating people.

You lose a lot of time, hating people.

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.

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...

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.

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.

You lose a lot of time, hating people

You lose a lot of time, hating people

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...

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...

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...

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.

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...

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...

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,...

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...

We must plan for freedom, and not only for security, if for no other reason...

We must plan for freedom, and not only for security, if for no other reason...

I hope for nothing. I fear nothing. I am free.

I hope for nothing. I fear nothing. I am free.

Freedom to learn is the first necessity of guaranteeing that man himself shall be self-reliant...

Freedom to learn is the first necessity of guaranteeing that man himself shall be self-reliant...

His morality is all sympathy, just what morality should be

His morality is all sympathy, just what morality should be

The more you understand, the less you have to remember.

The more you understand, the less you have to remember.