"The good we secure for ourselves is precarious and uncertain until it is secured for all of us and incorporated into our common life."

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Source : Jane Addams (2012). “Twenty Years at Hull-House: With Autobiographical Notes”, p.76, Courier Corporation

Jane Addams

#Inspiring Quotes #Peace Quotes #Equality Quotes

“We are never happy; we can only remember that we were so once.”

Source : Alexander Smith (1863). “Dreamthorp: A Book of Essays Written in the Country”, p.60
“Our minds are so undisciplined that our doubts rule our lives and we don't master our imagination - it masters us.”
“If men must beg to live,May the Creator also go wandering and perish.”
“Tuberculosis, starvation, fatigue, and there are many who have no desire to live.”
“I had to learn how to give my best effort to God and trust him with the results. I have to learn to have enough faith to trust in his grace and to trust in his sovereign and perfect plan. I had to submit my will, my desires, my dreams â€” give it all up to God and say, â€œLook, I am going to give my best effort, go on the court and play every day for you, and I'm going to let you take care of the rest.”
“There are enough fools in Washington to destroy the country without any help from Muslim terrorists.”
“Watch the speech. Really, watch: if this man gets his party's nomination, he's going to be the next president. By a landslide. And he is going to transform this country. If I were a Republican, I'd be very, very afraid. Oh wait, I am a Republican.”
“The heart must glow before the tongue can gild.”

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