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> [What drives people to public service is a sense of possibility. If you haven't sensed that possibility you don't get started in the same way, you don't feel you can have an impact.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-hampton/what-drives-people-to-public-service-is-a-sense-of-possibility-if-you/)

[Henry Hampton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-hampton/)

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## More by Henry Hampton

> [What drives people to public service is a sense of possibility. If you haven't sensed that possibility you don't get started in the same…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-hampton/what-drives-people-to-public-service-is-a-sense-of-possibility-if-you/)

[Henry Hampton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-hampton/)

> [On the one hand, there is no reason that a black person needs to live a portion of his or her life being concerned…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-hampton/on-the-one-hand-there-is-no-reason-that-a-black-person-needs-to-live/)

[Henry Hampton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-hampton/)

> [If you're black in America, race is a factor in your life. Start with that assumption.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-hampton/if-you-re-black-in-america-race-is-a-factor-in-your-life-start-with/)

[Henry Hampton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-hampton/)

> [Everybody needs history but the people who need it most are poor folks - people without resources or options.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-hampton/everybody-needs-history-but-the-people-who-need-it-most-are-poor/)

[Henry Hampton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-hampton/)

> [We don't have a full black community in Boston. Our people are scattered. There's a middle class where I live in Highland Park but…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-hampton/we-don-t-have-a-full-black-community-in-boston-our-people-are/)

[Henry Hampton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-hampton/)

> [Food might be more immediately important than history but if you don't understand what's been done to you - by your own people and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-hampton/food-might-be-more-immediately-important-than-history-but-if-you-don/)

[Henry Hampton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-hampton/)

> [Eyes is the attempt to tell the story of the Civil Rights movement and to create an emotional, intellectual constituency. But what do you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-hampton/eyes-is-the-attempt-to-tell-the-story-of-the-civil-rights-movement/)

[Henry Hampton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-hampton/)

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