"The right of every American to first-class citizenship is the most important issue of our time."

-- Jackie Robinson

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“The glory of sport comes from dedication, determination and desire. Achieving success and personal glory in athletics has less to do with wins and losses than it does with learning how to prepare yourself so that at the end of the day, whether on the track or in the office, you know that there was nothing more you could have done to reach your ultimate goal.”
“I always feel the cynicism is reality with maybe an alternate spelling or something because I feel that I have real perspective on this particular issue of punishment in society.”
“But the more insidious enemies of religion recognize but deplore religion's remarkable influence in the world order.”

Source : Jacob Neusner (1991). “The Twentieth Century Construction of "Judaism": Essays on the Religion of Torah in the History of Religion”, University of South Florida
“Leaders should lead as far as they can and then vanish. Their ashes should not choke the fire they have lit.”
“I think sometimes older people wind up being a little childlike. They've done their time, now they get to do what they want.”
“... in practice the standard for what constitutes rape is set not at the level of women's experience of violation but just above the level of coercion acceptable to men.”

Source : Judith Lewis Herman (1997). “Trauma and Recovery”, p.72, Basic Books
“The race is long. It is better to drive within oneself and finish the race behind the other than it is to drive too hard and crash.”
“A good character is something you must make for yourself. It cannot be inherited from parents. It cannot be created by having extraordinary advantages. It isn't a gift of birth, wealth, talent or station. It is the result of your own endeavor. It is the reward that comes from living good principles and manifesting a virtuous and honorable life.”

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