I am a citizen of a country that does not yet exist. That's who I see you all as being, especially you younger folks but not confined to you younger folks. We are citizens of a country that we still have to create. A just country, a compassionate country, a forgiving country, a multiracial, multi-religious country, a joyful country that cares about its children and about its elders. That cares about itself and about the world. That cares about what the Earth needs as well as what individual people need. I am, you are, a citizen of a country that does not yet exist, and that badly needs to exist.
-Vincent Harding (as inspired by Langston Hughes), July 2012
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