“I am sick and tired of being sick and tired.”

— Fannie Lou Hamer

Widely quoted, including Freedomways, p. 240 (Second quarter, 1965). This quote was later employed as her epitaph, and used by American singer and songwriter Anastacia at her song Sick and Tired.

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