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"You must not forget that you have been given worldly means to use and employ against human arrogance and wrong."
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"And despite the insignificance of the instant we have so far occupied in cosmic time, it is clear that what happens on and near Earth at the beginning of the second cosmic year will depend very much on the scientific wisdom and the distinctly human sensitivity of mankind."
"We can surely no longer pretend that our children are growing up into a peaceful, secure, and civilized world. We've come to the point where it's irresponsible to try to protect them from the irrational world they will have to live in when they grow up. The children themselves haven't yet isolated themselves by selfishness and indifference; they do not fall easily into the error of despair; they are considerably braver than most grownups. Our responsibility to them is not to pretend that if we don't look, evil will go away, but to give them weapons against it."
"Like Cato, give his little senate laws, and sit attentive to his own applause."
"A responsible woman is one who sees opportunities of service and responds to them quickly. In her dwells the ability to see and respond to opportunities."
"Accept responsibilities for all your actions. Learn from your past and your mistakes."
"Christians don't the moral right to be indifferent."
"We have a duty to care for the environment."
"Stop the blame game, you can't win it! All fans of blame are defeated in every way... Don't join them!"
"Your life is your responsibility. Choose the right paths for journey of a life time."
"If we don't protect what we have, it will be destroyed."
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"Gen. Banks has issued an order for the instruction of Negro children. Schoolhouses are to be built or rented and Teachers hired for this purpose, and the farmers and planters are to pay the Taxes in support of this."
"But it is neither cannon nor bayonet that will do the worst damage to this city. No, this place will remember the war against our government just as long as there are inhabitants here."
"I would prefer being in a hard battle; however, I will be satisfied with whatever happens to me in this war, if only the country comes out of this peril safe and to the satisfaction of the finest and best government on earth."
"It is in Virginia and Georgia that the war now rages and where it will continue; for at these points - Richmond and Atlanta - the enemy's main strength is concentrated."
"Vicksburg lies on top of a bluff on the east side of a large tongue of land jutting out into the Mississippi."
"We set the town on fire and burned down every house as a warning to other small towns along the river."
"You say that your hope is in God, and he will, I am sure, stand by you. But you must not forget that you have been given worldly means to use and employ against human arrogance and wrong; it is necessary to see such things with a broad mind in order to oppose them."
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