FAMOUS QUOTES

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DISCRIMINATION

“It may be shocking to some people in this country to

realise that, without meaning to do so, they hold

views in common with Hitler when they preach

discrimination against other religious, racial or

economic groups.”

- Henry A. Wallace

DISCRIMINATION

“Discrimination is a hellhound that gnaws at

Negroes in every walking moment of their lives to

remind them that the lie of their inferiority is

accepted as truth in the society dominating them.”

- Martin Luther King Jr.

RESPONSIBILITY

“You cannot escape the responsibility of tomorrow by

evading it today.”

-Abraham Lincoln

RESPONSIBILITY

“One’s philosophy is not best expressed in words; it

is expressed in the choices one makes… and the

choices we make are ultimately ou own

responsibility.”

- Eleanor Roosevelt

COURAGE

“Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak;

courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen.”

- Winston Churchill

COURAGE

“There are no easy answers but there are simple

answers. We must have the courage to do what we

know is morally right.”

- Ronald Reagan

GROWING UP

“The turning point in the process of growing up is

when you discover the core of strength within you

that survives all hurt.”

- Max Lerner

GROWING UP

“Maturity is a high price to pay for growing up.”

- Tom Stoppard

SECRECY

“In all secrets there is a kind of guilt, however

beautiful or joyful they may be, or for what good end

they may be set to serve. Secrecy means evasion,

and evasion means a problem to the moral mind.”

- Gilbert Parker

SECRECY

“Secrecy, being an instrument of conspiracy, ought

never to be the system of a regular government.”

- Jeremy Bentham

POWER

“Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want

to test a man’s character, give him power.”

- Abraham Lincoln

POWER

“All things are subject to interpretation whichever

interpretation prevails at a given time is a function

of power and not truth.

- Friedrich Nietzsche

LOYALTY

“Loyalty to the country always. Loyalty to the

government when it deserves it.”

- Mark Twain

LOYALTY

“Achievement of your happiness is the only moral

purpose of your life, and that happiness, not pain or

mindless self-indulgence, is the proof of your moral

integrity, since it is the proof and result of your

loyalty to the achievement of your values.”

- Ayn Rand

TRUTH

“Three thing cannot be long hidden: the sun, the

moon and the truth.”

- Buddha

TRUTH

“I believe that unarmed truth and unconditional love

will have the final word in reality. This is why, right,

temporarily defeated, is stronger than evil

triumphant.”

- Martin Luther King Jr.

JUSTICE

“Law and order exist for the purpose of establishing

justice and when they fail in this purpose they

become the dangerously structured dams that block

the flow of social progress.”

- Martin Luther King Jr.

JUSTICE

“Human progress is neither automatic nor

inevitable… Every step towards the goal of justice

requires sacrifice, suffering and struggle; the tireless

exertions and passionate concern of dedicated

individuals.”

- Martin Luther King Jr.

OPPRESSION

“Power in defence of freedom is greater than power

in behalf of tyranny and oppression.”

- Malcolm X

OPPRESSION

“It is often easier to become outraged by injustice

half a world away than by oppression and

discrimination half a block from home.”

- Carl T. Rowan

FAMILY

“A man should never neglect his family for

business.”

- Walt Disney

FAMILY

“Dignity is not negotiable. Dignity is the honour of

my family.”

- Vartan Gregorian

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