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Semester One: TKAM, The Butler, Obama DNC Keyote Speech

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TKAM Socially accepted prejudices can alter the purity of a person's morality. ‘She was white, and she tempted a Negro. She did something that in our society is unspeakable.’
TKAM Socially accepted prejudices can alter the purity of a person's morality. ‘She has committed no crime…she has merely broken a code of our society.’
TKAM Socially accepted prejudices can alter the purity of a person's morality. ‘The evil assumption…that all Negroes are basically immoral beings.’
TKAM Socially accepted prejudices can alter the purity of a person's morality. ‘In our courts, when it’s a white man’s word against a black man’s, the white man always wins…’
TKAM Socially accepted prejudices can alter the purity of a person's morality. ‘You must be wrong...well, most folks seem to think they’re right and you’re wrong…’
TKAM Both good and evil exist in the world; although it may be more difficult to be moral, the path of justice is always the right one. ‘What real courage is…it’s when you know you’re licked before you begin, but you begin anyway and see through it no matter what.’
TKAM Both good and evil exist in the world; although it may be more difficult to be moral, the path of justice is always the right one. ‘Mockingbirds don’t do one thing but sing their heart out for us…that’s why it’s a sin to kill a mockingbird.’
TKAM Both good and evil exist in the world; although it may be more difficult to be moral, the path of justice is always the right one. ‘I was born good, but had grown progressively worse every year.’
TKAM Both good and evil exist in the world; although it may be more difficult to be moral, the path of justice is always the right one. ‘Things are always better in the morning.’
TKAM Compassion and forgiveness are always important; all humans are equal, and to judge someone is both pointless and cruel. ‘A mob’s always made up of people…Mr Cunningham was part of the mob last night, but he’s still a man.’
TKAM Compassion and forgiveness are always important; all humans are equal, and to judge someone is both pointless and cruel. ‘There’s only one type of folks. Folks.’
TKAM Compassion and forgiveness are always important; all humans are equal, and to judge someone is both pointless and cruel. ‘You never really understand a person until you climb inside of his skin and walk around in it.’
TKAM Compassion and forgiveness are always important; all humans are equal, and to judge someone is both pointless and cruel. ‘[Scout]: He was real nice… [Atticus]: Most people are, when you finally see them.’
The Butler Freedom and oppression ‘You see nothing. You hear nothing. You only serve.’
The Butler Freedom and oppression ‘I lived my life by those two faces.’
The Butler Power ‘I’m working for the white man to make things better for us.’
The Butler Power ‘America has always turned a blind eye to what we have done to our own.’
The Butler Unity ‘The whole world was changing and I didn’t know how I fit in.’
The Butler Unity ‘Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that.’
The Butler Unity ‘I don’t think God meant for people to not have a family.’
Obama DNC Keynote Speech Obama as part of the greater American Story ‘A common dream, born of two continents.’
Obama DNC Keynote Speech Obama as part of the greater American Story ‘Believing that in a tolerant America, your name is no barrier to success.’
Obama DNC Keynote Speech Obama as part of the greater American Story ‘In a generous America, you don’t have to be rich to achieve your potential.’
Obama DNC Keynote Speech Obama as part of the greater American Story ‘…that my story is part of the greater American story.’
Obama DNC Keynote Speech America as a great nation ‘America…that shone as a beacon of freedom and opportunity.’
Obama DNC Keynote Speech America as a great nation ‘…that we can say what we think, write what we think…’
Obama DNC Keynote Speech The future filled with hope and progression ‘The promise of future generations…tonight, we have more work to do.’
Obama DNC Keynote Speech The future filled with hope and progression ‘People don’t expect government to solve all their problems…but with a slight change of priorities…and they want that choice.’
Obama DNC Keynote Speech The future filled with hope and progression ‘There is not a Black America, and a White America…there is only the United States of America.’
Obama DNC Keynote Speech The future filled with hope and progression ‘Do we participate in the politics of cynicism, or do we participate in the politics of hope?’
Obama DNC Keynote Speech The future filled with hope and progression ‘A brighter day will come.’
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