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Grace Lee Boggs Quotes: You cannot change any society unless you take responsibility for it, unless you see yourself as belonging to it and responsible for changing it.
         

You cannot change any society unless you take responsibility for it, unless you see yourself as belonging to it and responsible for changing it.


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