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"It is better to lead from behind and to put others in front, especially when you celebrate victory when nice things occur. You take the front line when there is danger. Then people will appreciate your leadership."
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"Leave no authority existing not responsible to the people."
"A good leader can engage in a debate frankly and thoroughly, knowing that at the end he and the other side must be closer, and thus emerge stronger. You don't have that idea when you are arrogant, superficial, and uninformed."
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"When a man is denied the right to live the life he believes in, he has no choice but to become an outlaw."
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"It is a simple tale, but its message is an enduring one: virtue and generosity will be rewarded in ways that one cannot know."
"In the 1940s, traveling for an African was a complicated process. All Africans over the age of sixteen were compelled to carry 'Native passes' issued by the Native Affairs Department and were required to show that pass to any white policeman, civil servant, or employer. Failure to do so could mean arrest, trial, a jail sentence or fine."
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"It reaffirmed my long-held belief that education was the enemy of prejudice. These were men and women of science, and science had no room for racism."
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