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"Wherever you see a man who gives someone else's corruption, someone else's prejudice as a reason for not taking action himself, you see a cog in The Machine that governs us."
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"The door to success may be in front of you, but you still have to open it."

"Be perceptive. Be progressive. Be proactive. Be productive."

"He who believes is strong; he who doubts is weak. Strong convictions precede great actions."

"Do what you want that works."

"After awhile you realize that putting your actions where your mouth is makes you less likely to have to put your money where your mouth is."

"But picketing - picketing for or against something, and handing out literature - these are conspicuously formal actions. They have to be understood as indirect communication."

"A slice of bread eaten is a million times more nourishing than a loaf of bread imagined."
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"I want to find someone on the earth so intelligent that he welcomes opinions which he condemns."

"Everybody in America is soft, and hates conflict. The cure for this, both in politics and social life, is the same - hardihood. Give them raw truth."

"Benevolence alone will not make a teacher, nor will learning alone do it. The gift of teaching is a peculiar talent, and implies a need and a craving in the teacher himself."

"People get so in the habit of worry that if you save them from drowning and put them on a bank to dry in the sun with hot chocolate and muffins they wonder whether they are catching cold."
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