"I don't see myself stopping, even though it gets harder and harder. Especially when you find out that you can't really compromise because of age."

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I think there will be great leaders emerging from the State of Mississippi. The people that have the experience to know and the people not interested in letting somebody pat you on the back and tell us "I think it is right." And it is very important for us not to accept a compromise and after I got back to Mississippi, people there said it was the most important step that had been taken.

— Fannie Lou Hamer