The adoring crowds and overwhelming Democratic support in the 2008 election was based largely on joy at jettisoning Bush and the appeal of electing a superbly qualified charismatic African American leader.
- Mary Frances Berry
African American, Based, Qualified
When it comes to the cause of justice, I take no prisoners and I don't believe in compromise.
- Mary Frances Berry
Justice, Cause, Take, Compromise
When you have police officers who abuse citizens, you erode public confidence in law enforcement. That makes the job of good police officers unsafe.
- Mary Frances Berry
Law, Police Officers, Abuse, Unsafe
Civil Rights opened the windows. When you open the windows, it does not mean that everybody will get through. We must create our own opportunities.
- Mary Frances Berry
Will, Through, Everybody, Civil Rights
If Rosa Parks had taken a poll before she sat down in the bus in Montgomery, she'd still be standing.
- Mary Frances Berry
Bus, Before, Still, Poll
The time when you need to do something is when no one else is willing to do it, when people are saying it can't be done.
- Mary Frances Berry
People, Done, Need, Willing
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