I am a student of life, and don't want to miss any experience. There's poetry in this sort of thing, you know--or perhaps you don't know, but it's all the same. ― H.P. Lovecraft

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Student is not a container you have to fill but a torch you have to light up. — Albert Einstein

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I love my children and I love my wife with all my heart. And I would die, die gladly, if that would make a better life for them. - Medgar Evers

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You discover that the education the Negro gets is designed to keep him subservient. The poor black man is exploited by whites and by educated Negroes, too. - Medgar Evers

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The Negro has been here in America since 1619, a total of 344 years. He is not going anywhere else; this country is his home. He wants to do his part to help make his city, state, and nation a better place for everyone, regardless of color and race. - Medgar Evers

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Let me appeal to the consciences of many silent, responsible citizens of the white community who know that a victory for democracy in Jackson will be a victory for democracy everywhere. - Medgar Evers

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If we don't like what the Republicans do, we need to get in there and change it. - Medgar Evers

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The gifts of God should be enjoyed by all citizens in Mississippi. - Medgar Evers

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I was born in Decatur, was raised there, but I never in my life was permitted to vote there. - Medgar Evers

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It may sound funny, but I love the South. I don't choose to live anywhere else. There's land here, where a man can raise cattle, and I'm going to do it some day. - Medgar Evers

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