Speaker 1

“No.” -Rosa Parks 

“A democracy cannot thrive where power remains unchecked and justice is reserved for a select few.” -John Lewis

“If one really wishes to know how justice is administered in a country [...] One goes to the unprotected” - James Baldwin

Speaker 2

You must never be fearful about what you are doing when it is right.”- Rosa Parks

“When I liberate myself, I liberate others. If you don’t speak out nobody going to speak out for you.” -Fannie Lou Hamer

“You’re not supposed to be so blind with patriotism that you can’t face reality.” -Malcolm X

Speaker 3

“The need for change bulldozed a road down the center of my mind” - Maya Angelou

“If there is a book that you want to read, but it hasn’t been written yet, you must be the one to write it.” -Toni Morrison

“Don’t agonize, organize.” -Florynce Kennedy

Speaker 4

“Women's rights is not only an abstraction, a cause; it is also a personal affair. It is not only about us; it is also about me and you. Just the two of us.” - Toni Morrison

“The cost of liberty is less than the price of repression.” -W.E.B. Du Bois

“If there is no struggle, there is no progress.” -Fredrick Douglass

Speaker 5

“You’re not supposed to be so blind with patriotism that you can’t face reality. Wrong is wrong, no matter who says it.” -Malcom X

“Freedom is never given; it is won.” -A. Philip Randolph

“In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends.” -Martin Luther King, Jr. 

Speaker 6

“Jails and prisons are designed to break human beings, to convert the population into specimens in a zoo — obedient to our keepers, but dangerous to each other”- Angela Davis

“If there is no struggle, there is no progress.” -Fredrick Douglass

“Freedom is never really won, you earn it and win it in every generation.” -Coretta Scott King

Speaker 7

“You cannot separate peace from freedom because no one can be at peace unless he has his freedom.” -Malcolm X

“The only bad thing about burning your bridges behind you is that the world is round.” -Ruby Bridges

“I’ve learned over the years that when one’s mind is made up, this diminishes fear.” -Rosa Parks

Speaker 1

“I just make it my business to get along with people so I can have fun. It’s that simple.” -Betty White 

“If you’re sitting on the ground in a hammock, it’s technically still hammocking.” -N.W.

“It is not our differences that divide us. It is our inability to recognize, accept, and celebrate those differences.” -Audre Lorde

Speaker 2

“Men should be like Kleenex: Soft, strong, and disposable” -Cher 

“I raise my voice–not so that I can shout but so that those without a voice can be heard.” -Malala Yousafzai

At the end of the day, we can endure much more than we think we can.” Frida Kahlo

Speaker 3

“I don’t mind living in a man’s world. As long as I can be a woman in it” -Marilyn Monroe

“What we do is more important than what we say or what we believe.” - bell hooks

“The most difficult thing is the decision to act. The rest is merely tenacity.” -Amelia Earhart

Speaker 4

“I have burst of being a lady, but it doesn’t last long” -Shelly Winters 

“You cannot shake hands with a clenched fist.” -Indrina Gandhi

“I think we should stop asking people in their twenties what they ‘want to do’ and start asking them what they don’t want to do.” -Amy Poehler

Speaker 5

“I will not retire while I still have legs and my makeup box” -Bette Davis 

“In societies where men are truly confident of their own worth, women are not merely tolerated but valued” -Aung San Suu Kyi

“The greatest danger to our future is apathy.” -Jane Goodall

Speaker 6

“Your willingness to look at your darkness is what empowers you to change.” -Iyanla Vanzant

“I never doubted that equal rights was the right direction. Most reforms, most problems are complicated. But to me there is nothing complicated about ordinary equality."- Alice Paul 

“No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.” -Eleanor Roosevelt

Speaker 7

“Each time a woman stands up for herself, without knowing it possibly, without claiming it, she stands up for all women.” -Maya Angelou

“Whether we’re talking about race or gender or class, popular culture is where pedegogy is, it’s wehre the learning is.” -Bell Hooks

“Real change, enduring change, happens one step at a time.” -Ruth Bader Ginsburg

Speaker 1

"A handful of almonds is a sensible snack to throw in someone's face & demand where the real snacks are." -- Aparna Nancherla

“Bring it down a notch, no one cares.”  --Nicole Byer

“I can’t be intimidated by anyone wearing a housecoat.” --Leslie Jones

Speaker 2

“You can't be a capitalist only when there are investment profits but then a socialist when you experience losses.”  --Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner

“They can spend their time trying to pass laws to take away your rights and silence your voice, but all you have to do is live your lives right in their faces, and it proves you simply cannot be stopped.” -- Amber Ruffin

“I was a woman sobbing in a hotel corridor, which is kind of incredible, because when I was little I thought I was going to be a senator.” ― Jessi Klein

Speaker 3

“It is easy to make promises -- it is hard work to keep them.” -- Boris Johnson

“People want to make sacrifices but they don't want to be sacrificed.” -- Helle Thorning-Schmidt

“When it comes to human dignity, we cannot make compromises.” --Angela Merkel

Speaker 4

“People don't want to experience change; they just want to wake up, and it's different.” --Chadwick Boseman

“I'll do whatever it takes to win games, whether it's sitting on a bench waving a towel, handing a cup of water to a teammate, or hitting the game-winning shot.” -- Kobe Bryant

“It takes courage and strength to be empathetic.” -- Jacinda Ardern

Speaker 5

“Get in good trouble, necessary trouble, and help redeem the soul of America." -- John Lewis

“It's always a Catch-22 situation. They hate you if you're the same, and they hate you if you're different.” -- Eddie Van Halen

“My mother told me to be a lady. And for her, that meant be your own person, be independent.” -- Ruth Bader Ginsburg

Speaker 6

“I'm having fun. I'm being myself. I'm doing what I love. That's all that matters.” -- James Charles

“I’m not too into the trends - I like to look at trends as suggestions, not as rules.” -- Bethany Mota

“A good joke can spread throughout the Internet between the time you go to bed and the time you wake up, leading to an inbox filled with pictures of funny cats and cheeseburgers.” -- Rosanna Pansino