"History will judge societies and governments â€” and their institutions â€” not by how big they are or how well they serve the rich and the powerful, but by how effectively they respond to the needs of the poor and the helpless."

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Source : "Cesar Chavez: A Triumph of Spirit". Book by Richard Griswold del Castillo and Richard A. Garcia, September 15, 1995.

Cesar Chavez

#Powerful Quotes #Government Quotes #Judging Quotes

“The legislation of Quran will spread all over the world, because it agrees with the mind, logic and wisdom.”
“What is power without control?”
“Frankly, the president, during the first opportunity I had to be in a Cabinet meeting, before we started the meeting, he said, Folks, before we begin this meeting, I'm going to call on General Ashcroft and ask him invite the wisdom and presence of God in what we do. And I thought to myself how ashamed I'd been that so many times in my life I had entered upon great important tasks and I had cheated myself and those that I had served of a blessing.”
“You sign for a sequel for everything these days, just in case, options. In the past, you avoided them like the plague because it meant somewhere down the road you couldn't take a job because you had to do a sequel. Now it's a feature of pretty much any feature you do.”

Source : Interview with Anne Brodie, www.askmen.com.
“Wherever you go, there’s your teacher.”
“There's a hole in the world Like a great black pit And the vermin of the world Inhabit it ... And it goes by the name of London.”
“Men need to be strong, but not bullies. They need to know how to not get emotionally lost in situations, but not be cold and emotionless. They need to know the full variety of emotions as well as thinking and acting. Not just the most limited ways of doing things.”
“The most dangerous kind of waste is the waste we do not recognize.”

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