Quote by Bayard Rustin

"I think we are going to have to face up to the fact that either the United States or the Soviet Union was going to be the victorious power at the end of World War II and that Britain was on the decline."

Bayard Rustin History
Civil Rights Organizer, LGBTQ+ Pioneer American 1912–1987

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"The function of a citizen and a lawyer must be independent, dedicated to the truth and to justice."

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