"The real democratic American idea is, not that every man shall be on a level with every other man, but that every man shall have liberty to be what God made him, without hindrance."

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Source : Henry Ward Beecher (1873). “The Original Plymouth Pulpit: Sermons of Henry Ward Beecher in Plymouth Church, Brooklyn”, p.509

Henry Ward Beecher

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“Syria should not belong to one family, to one coterie, or to one party. It belongs to all the people of Syria equally, in all their religious and ethnic diversity.”
“Outing is brutal and it should be reserved for brutes”
“It's a big challenge for me to keep my integrity and some of my privacy intact.”
“But sorry is the Kool-Aid of human emotions. [...] True sorrow is as rare as true love.”
“The human race is just a chemical scum on a moderate-sized planet, orbiting around a very average star in the outer suburb of one among a hundred billion galaxies. We are so insignificant that I can't believe the whole universe exists for our benefit. That would be like saying that you would disappear if I closed my eyes.”
“I don't come taking millions of pictures. I spend time with them and simply observe. If you wait long enough those amazing images will come.”
“Make time in your life to listen to your own voice. Do not let it get drowned out by others. Your voice is yours and yours alone. Stay in touch with it and use it.”
“It often requires more strength and judgment to resist than to embrace an opportunity. It is better to do nothing than to do other than well.”

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