"The greatness of a community is most accurately measured by the compassionate actions of its members."

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Source : Coretta Scott King's address at Georgia State University, February 15, 2000.

Coretta Scott King

#Teamwork Quotes #Greatness Quotes #Community Quotes

“Win hearts, and you have all men's hands and purses.”
“So great are the psychological restistances to war in modern nations, that every war must appear to be a war of defence against a menacing, murderous aggressor. There must be no ambiguity about whom the public is to hate. Guilt and guilelessness must be assessed geographically and all the guilt must be on the other side of the frontier.”
“It is time for writers to admit that nothing in this world makes sense. Only fools and charlatans think they know and understand everything. The stupider they are, the wider they conceive their horizons to be. And if an artist decides to declare that he understands nothing of what he sees - this in itself constitutes a considerable clarity in the realm of thought, and a great step forward.”
“Things pass, and the best we can do is to let them really go away”
“My caddy today was a Scot and he told me that he was cheering for Australia, which I thought was a bit harsh. But generally I've been amazed at how many people have come up to me here in Scotland and said: 'I've never really watched cricket before, but I was hooked all summer.' It's great.”
“The people who are slamming me have no idea about what it feels like to unjustly have a child killed in an insane war.”

Source : Cindy Sheehan (2005). “Not One More Mother's Child”, Koa Books Incorporated
“Power just makes you reject destiny and devour your fate.”

Source : Song: Mamma, Album: Endangered Species, 2001
“The truth is I've got the land on my back, an' it's drivin' me. Land is a hard driver.”

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