Greatness is not measured by what a man or woman accomplishes, but by the opposition he or she has overcome to reach his goals.
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She has made his teachings something that will live for a long time. She took the King philosophy seriously and she worked at it. And it was not a thing for show. It was for helping them instill in their own lives the principles that he had taught.
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