- None of us is responsible for the complexion of his skin. This fact of nature offers no clue to the character or quality of the person underneath. - Marian Anderson, 1941
- It is easy to look back, self-indulgently, feeling pleasantly sorry for oneself and saying I didn't have this and I didn't have that. But it is only the grown woman regretting the hardships of a little girl who never thought they were hardships at all. She had the things that really mattered. - Marian Anderson, 1956
- I have a great belief in the future of my people and my country. - Marian Anderson, 1960
- You lose a lot of time, hating people. - Marian Anderson, 1965
- I suppose I might insist on making issues of things. But that is not my nature, and I always bear in mind that my mission is to leave behind me the kind of impression that will make it easier for those who follow. - Marian Anderson
- Fear is a disease that eats away at logic and makes man inhuman. - Marian Anderson
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