"When I fight about what is going on in the neighborhood, or when I fight about what is happening to other people's children, I'm doing that because I want to leave a community and a world that is better than the one I found."

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Marian Wright Edelman

#Children Quotes #Responsibility Quotes #Fighting Quotes

“Donald Trump is not running for president. This is devastating news for Trump's supporters - all of whom are late night comedians.”
“We had a couple of minor coups that made a big difference. We snared away from a competitor a correspondent already on the ground in Afghanistan. That was an enormous help to us, because there we were.”
“All we have to do now is to inform the public that the payment of social security taxes is voluntary and watch the mass exodus.”
“Unfortunately, we are finding the bureaucratic inefficiencies and red tape have a tendency to slow the efforts of individuals and communities working to rebuild.”
“There's no staying where you were. If you're not doing anything, your skills and point of view are atrophying.”

Source : Source: collider.com
“When I just want to be free, I'll wear the Banderas outfit and the mask and touch myself. On the chest. Only on the chest. I just want to feel the silky silks.”
“They've drummed the miraculous out of you, but you don't want it to be like that. You want the miraculous. You want everything to still be new.”

Source : Tim Tharp (2014). “The Spectacular Now”, p.82, Scholastic UK
“The greater a man is in power above others, the more he ought to excel them in virtue. None ought to govern who is not better than the governed.”

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