Mark Twain

Action speaks louder than words but not nearly as often.
-Mark Twain

This quote is interesting to me. I always hear "actions speak louder than words", but I have never heard the additional "but not nearly as often."
I think that this is very true. We live in a society that is full of words, gossip magazines, and many other things that are not even always true. The important part of all the words is the actual action. No matter how many times someone says they will do something or someone else did something, many people will not believe it until they see the action or evidence from the action.

The Loving Story

http://www.lovingfilm.com/Relevance.html

The story of Richard and Mildred Loving has actually been made into a film. Richard is a white man and Mildred was a part black part cherokee woman. The two were in love and wanted to get married, but in their state, that type of mixed marriage was a criminal offense. The couple was even banished from their home.

This reminds me of Nanny Logans parents (Sadie and Bessies grandparents). They were unable to marry because Virginia state law forbade any person with one-eighth black heritage to marry a white person: Nanny's mother was a quarter black. Even though they were in love, they were not allowed to marry just like the Lovings.

The Lovings fought for their right to be together and their case went to the Supreme Court in the Loving v. Virginia case.