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We must exchange the philosophy of excuse - what I am is beyond my control for the philosophy of responsibility.


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If the society today allows wrongs to go unchallenged, the impression is created that those wrongs have the approval of the majority.

If the society today allows wrongs to go unchallenged, the impression is created that those wrongs have the approval of the majority.



We, as human beings, must be willing to accept people who are different from ourselves.

We, as human beings, must be willing to accept people who are different from ourselves.



Just remember the world is not a playground but a schoolroom. Life is not a holiday but an education. One eternal lesson for us all: to teach us how better we should love.

Just remember the world is not a playground but a schoolroom. Life is not a holiday but an education. One eternal lesson for us all: to teach us how better we should love.



Today, I am an inquisitor. I shall not sit here and be an idle spectator to the diminution, the subversion, the destruction of the Constitution.

Today, I am an inquisitor. I shall not sit here and be an idle spectator to the diminution, the subversion, the destruction of the Constitution.



Education remains the key to both economic and political empowerment.

Education remains the key to both economic and political empowerment.



A nation is formed by the willingness of each of us to share in the responsibility for upholding the common good.

A nation is formed by the willingness of each of us to share in the responsibility for upholding the common good.



Do not call for black power or green power. Call for brain power.

Do not call for black power or green power. Call for brain power.



Think what a better world it would be if we all, the whole world, had cookies and milk about three o'clock every afternoon and then lay down on our blankets for a nap.

Think what a better world it would be if we all, the whole world, had cookies and milk about three o'clock every afternoon and then lay down on our blankets for a nap.



What the people want is very simple - they want an America as good as its promise.

What the people want is very simple - they want an America as good as its promise.



It is a privilege to serve people, a privilege that must be earned, and once earned, there is an obligation to do something good with it.

It is a privilege to serve people, a privilege that must be earned, and once earned, there is an obligation to do something good with it.





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Learning is the process of making ideas, while studying is the process of using those ideas.

Learning is the process of making ideas, while studying is the process of using those ideas.



I prefer liberty with danger than peace with slavery.

I prefer liberty with danger than peace with slavery.




Troublesome things tend to remain troublesome no matter how many times you do them.

Troublesome things tend to remain troublesome no matter how many times you do them.



Well, take the evolution of the Electronic Frontier Foundation. It began as hackers' rights. Then it became general civil liberties of everybody - government stay away.

Well, take the evolution of the Electronic Frontier Foundation. It began as hackers' rights. Then it became general civil liberties of everybody - government stay away.



Prayer is not a substitute for work; it is an effort to work further and be efficient beyond the range of one's powers.

Prayer is not a substitute for work; it is an effort to work further and be efficient beyond the range of one's powers.



I dont think about what my opponent will do in the fight and especially what he has to say about me - doesn't matter to me at all.

I dont think about what my opponent will do in the fight and especially what he has to say about me - doesn't matter to me at all.



I felt old when I was young and I feel younger now. Maybe that's a trick of my mind, but I'm springier and lighter.

I felt old when I was young and I feel younger now. Maybe that's a trick of my mind, but I'm springier and lighter.



How can you do the right thing when you can't figure out what that is? When all you have before you are choices in various shades of wrong?

How can you do the right thing when you can't figure out what that is? When all you have before you are choices in various shades of wrong?




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