09/07/2011
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"Thurgood Marshall helped make our union more perfect. And the legacy illuminates the highest possibilities for all Americans, yesterday, today and tomorrow."
"It took a long time. A lot of people worked hard, people gave up their lives in order that we have the right to vote and expanded the right to vote."
"We live through the election procedures and we see obstacles in the way of voters."
"How do I explain to a 50-some year old woman with a couple children who is fired after 25 years in the workforce because the employer wants to hire someone half her age and pay one-third the salary?"