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There are two types of laws: just and unjust. I would be the first to advocate obeying just laws. One has not only a legal but a moral responsibility to obey just laws. Conversely, one has a moral responsibility to disobey unjust laws.

Martin Luther King, Jr.

Letter from Birmingham Jail

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King, Martin Luther, Jr. "Letter from a Birmingham Jail." 16 Apr. 1963.

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King, Martin Luther, Jr. "Letter from a Birmingham City Jail (1963)." A Testament of Hope: The Essential Writings and Speeches, edited by James M. Washington. HarperOne, 2003.

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You may shoot me with your words,
You may cut me with your eyes,
You may kill me with your hatefulness,
But still, like air, I'll rise.

Maya Angelou

Still I Rise

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Angelou, Maya. "And Still I Rise." And Still I Rise. Random House, 1978, I. 21.

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The choice for mankind lies between freedom and happiness, and that, for the great bulk of mankind, happiness is better.

George Orwell

Nineteen Eighty-Four

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Orwell, George. Nineteen Eighty-Four. Secker & Warburg, 1949, pt. 3, ch. 3.

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Jerry, just remember, it’s not a lie if you believe it.

George Costanza

Seinfeld

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"The Beard." Seinfeld, written by Larry David and Jerry Seinfeld and Carol Leifer, directed by Andy Ackerman, season 6, episode 15, Shapiro/West Productions and Castle Rock Entertainment, 1995.

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Shut up, brain. I got friends now. I don't need you anymore.

Lisa Simpson

The Simpsons

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"Bart of Darkness." The Simpsons, written by Matt Groening and James L. Brooks and Sam Simon, directed by Jim Reardon, season 6, episode 1, Gracie Films and 20th Century Fox Television, 1994.

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Do you have the slightest idea what a moral and ethical principle is? Do you?

The Shining

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The Shining. Directed by Stanley Kubrick, The Producer Circle Company/Peregrine Productions/Hawk Films, 1980.

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Well, some things a man doesn't get over so easy.

The Quiet Man

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The Quiet Man. Directed by John Ford, Republic Pictures/Argosy Productions Corporation, 1952.

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If you can't spot the sucker in your first half hour at the table, then you are the sucker.

Rounders

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Rounders. Directed by John Dahl, Spanky Pictures, 1998.

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Bad, fast! Fast! Fast! Last night I cut the light off in my bedroom, hit the switch, and was in the bed before the room was dark.

Muhammad Ali

When We Were Kings

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When We Were Kings. Directed by Leon Gast, Polygram/Image Entertainment Inc./Gramercy Pictures, 1996.

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My mama always said you’ve got to put the past behind you before you can move on.

Forrest Gump

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Forrest Gump. Directed by Robert Zemeckis, The Tisch Company, 1994.

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When the Lord closes a door, somewhere He opens a window.

The Sound of Music

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The Sound of Music. Directed by Robert Wise, Argyle Enterprises, 1965.

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I had felt for a long time, that if I was ever told to get up so a white person could sit, that I would refuse to do so.

Rosa Parks

Regarding the day in 1955 on which Ms. Parks refused to give up her seat on a Montgomery, Alabama bus for a white man. Widely considered the beginning of the US Civil Rights movement.

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Parks, Rosa. Quoted in Bearing the Cross: Martin Luther King, Jr. and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, written by David Garrow. William Morrow, 1988, ch. 1.

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You see in this world there's two kinds of people, my friend—those with loaded guns and those who dig. You dig.

The Good, the Bad and the Ugly

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The Good, the Bad and the Ugly [Il buono, il brutto, il cattivo]. Directed by Sergio Leone, Produzioni Europee Associati/Constantin Film, 1966.

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Mrs. Robinson, you're trying to seduce me...aren't you?

The Graduate

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The Graduate. Directed by Mike Nichols, Lawrence Truman Productions, 1967.

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With enough courage, you can do without a reputation.

Rhett Butler

Gone with the Wind

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Gone with the Wind. Directed by Victor Fleming. Selznick International Pictures/Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1939.

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My dream is to become hopeless.

George Costanza

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"The Fix Up." Seinfeld, written by Larry David and Jerry Seinfeld and Elaine Pope, directed by Tom Cherones, season 3, episode 16, Shapiro/West Productions and Castle Rock Entertainment, 1992.

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