Identify a person you admire and describe why you feel about them the way you do

November 20, 1925– June 6, 1968 May 29, November 22, 1963 January 15, 1929 – April 4, 1968 February 12, 1809 – April 15, 1865 Abraham Lincoln John F Kennedy Martin Luther King Robert F Kennedy

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Sojourner Truth and Abraham Lincoln

As I would not be a slave, so I would not be a master. This expresses my idea of democracy. Whatever differs from this, to the extent of the difference, is no democracy. I think Slavery is wrong, morally, and politically. I desire that it should be no further spread in these United States, and I should not object if it should gradually terminate in the whole Union.

John Kennedy and Martin King

Economic growth without social progress lets the great majority of the people remain in poverty, while a privileged few reap the benefits of rising abundance. "We are confronted primarily with a moral issue… whether all Americans are to be afforded equal rights and equal opportunities, whether we are going to treat our fellow Americans as we want to be treated."

“I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character.” “Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.” “One has not only a legal, but a moral responsibility to obey just laws. Conversely, one has a moral responsibility to disobey unjust laws.”

RFK and MLK together

Cesar Chavez breaks his 25-day fast by accepting bread from Senator Robert Kennedy, Delano, California. Left to right: Helen Chavez, Robert Kennedy, Cesar Chavez

“There are those who look at things the way they are, and ask why... I dream of things that never were, and ask why not?” “I believe that, as long as there is plenty, poverty is evil.” “If any man claims the Negro should be content... let him say he would willingly change the color of his skin and go to live in the Negro section of a large city. Then and only then has he a right to such a claim.”

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Change will not come if we wait for some other person or some other time. We are the ones we've been waiting for. We are the change that we seek. I will never forget that the only reason I'm standing here today is because somebody, somewhere stood up for me when it was risky. Stood up when it was hard. Stood up when it wasn't popular. And because that somebody stood up, a few more stood up. And then a few thousand stood up. And then a few million stood up. And standing up, with courage and clear purpose, they somehow managed to change the world.

Presidential candidate PartyHome state Popular vote Electoral vote CountPct Barack Obama DemocraticIllinois69,456, %365 John McCain RepublicanArizona59,934, %173