Somehow we are going to have to develop a concept of enough for those at the top and at the bottom so that the necessities of the many are not sacrificed for the luxuries of the few.
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Learn to be quiet enough to hear the genuine within yourself so that you can hear it in others.
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People who don't vote have no line of credit with people who are elected and thus pose no threat to those who act against our interests.
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A lot of people are waiting for Martin Luther King or Mahatma Gandhi to come back - but they are gone. We are it. It is up to us. It is up to you.
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Whoever said anybody has a right to give up?
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We must not, in trying to think about how we can make a big difference, ignore the small daily differences we can make which, over time, add up to big differences that we often cannot foresee.
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