“I'm an American, and most of the time proud of it. Even when…”

“I'm an American, and most of the time proud of it. Even when I am displeased with what my country is doing, I am still an American who is displeased. And fortunately, being an American, I don't have to whimper, I don't have to whine, I have the right to protest, and I like that.”

— Maya Angelou

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Angelou, Maya. (n.d.). Wikiquote: Maya Angelou. Wikiquote. https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Maya_Angelou

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