Action Quote by Barack Obama

[A]lthough the principle of equality has always been self-evident, it has never been self-executing.

— Barack Obama

History tells us that while these truths may be self-evident, they have never been self-executing.

— Barack Obama

Self-evident, adj. Evident to one's self and to nobody else.

— Ambrose Bierce

Equality and self-determination should never be divided in the name of religious or ideological fervor.

— Rita Dove

The nations of our time cannot prevent the conditions of men from becoming equal, but it depends upon themselves whether the principle of equality…

— Alexis de Tocqueville

The principle of equality does not destroy the imagination, but lowers its flight to the level of the earth.

— Alexis de Tocqueville

We ought to be respecting the principle of equality.

— Lawrence Lessig

We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal.

— Barack Obama

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— Martin Luther King Jr

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— Noam Chomsky

“It is important for upcoming activists to study American history, as well as political and philosophical thought. It is unlikely that what you hope…

— John Lewis

The South actually has a very strong tradition of activism. The civil rights movement came from down here! It was black activists demanding that…

— John Darnielle