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I know the world is bruised and bleeding, and though it is important not to ignore its pain, it is also critical to refuse to succumb to its malevolence.

—Jesmyn WardNovelist & Editor

Digital Age ERA • North America

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Nothing in life is given, you have to work for it. I’m not afraid of hard work.

—Naomi CampbellAuthor & Thinker

Digital Age ERA • Caribbean

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Remember always that you have not only the right to be an individual; you have an obligation to be one.

—Eleanor RooseveltDiplomat & Activist

Post-War ERA • North America

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Just like moons and like suns, with the certainty of tides, just like hopes springing high, still I'll rise.

—Maya AngelouPoet, Memoirist & Activist

Post-War ERA • North America

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There was one of two things I had a right to, liberty or death; if I could not have one, I would have the other.

—Harriet TubmanAbolitionist & Activist

Industrial Age ERA • North America

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If you men of Ashanti will not go forward, then we women will.

—Yaa AsantewaaQueen

Industrial Age ERA • West Africa

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Feet, what do I need you for when I have wings to fly?

—Frida KahloPainter

Early Modern ERA • Latin America

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The spirit of struggle was deeply ingrained in the lives of the people.

—Michael AnthonyNovelist & Writer

Late Modern ERA • Caribbean

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I was the conductor of the Underground Railroad for eight years, and I never ran my train off the track.

—Harriet TubmanAbolitionist & Activist

Industrial Age ERA • North America

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Never give in. Never, never, never, never—in nothing, great or small, large or petty—never give in.

—Winston ChurchillStatesman & Writer

Early Modern ERA • Western Europe

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