#out

To pitch a perfect game wearing pinstripes at Yankee Stadium, it's unbelievable. Growing up a Yankee fan, to come out here and make history, it really is a dream come true. ↗

— David Wells

#dream #fan #game #growing #growing up

The happiest days of my youth were when my brother and I would run through the woods and feel quite safe. ↗

— Rachel Weisz

#days #feel #happiest #i #quite

In fact, for all kinds of offenses - and, for no offenses - from murders to misdemeanors, men and women are put to death without judge or jury; so that, although the political excuse was no longer necessary, the wholesale murder of human beings went on just the same. ↗

— Ida B. Wells

#beings #death #excuse #fact #human

The Afro-American is thus the backbone of the South. ↗

— Ida B. Wells

#south #thus

The South is brutalized to a degree not realized by its own inhabitants, and the very foundation of government, law and order, are imperilled. ↗

— Ida B. Wells

#degree #foundation #government #inhabitants #law

The South resented giving the Afro-American his freedom, the ballot box and the Civil Rights Law. ↗

— Ida B. Wells

#ballot box #box #civil #civil rights #freedom

There is nothing we can do about the lynching now, as we are out-numbered and without arms. ↗

— Ida B. Wells

#arms #lynching #nothing #now #without

When too many Americans don't vote or participate, some see apathy and despair. I see disappointment and even outrage. And I believe that out of this frustration can come hope and action. ↗

— Paul Wellstone

#apathy #believe #come #despair #disappointment

I emphasize self-esteem, self-confidence, and dignity, not as an ideal, but as a real test of community organization. Without leadership development, community organizations do not have staying power. ↗

— Paul Wellstone

#development #dignity #emphasize #i #ideal

Politics is about the improvement of people's lives. It's about advancing the cause of peace and justice in our country and the world. Politics is about doing well for the people. ↗

— Paul Wellstone

#advancing #cause #country #doing #for the people