"Once you know something is wrong, you're responsible, whether you see it, or hear about it, and most particularly when you're a part of it."

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Marijane Meaker

#Responsibility Quotes #Morality Quotes #Responsible Quotes

“We need to stop making wide-body seats on airplanes, stop accommodating that, because it's not healthy.”
“Our words can have power that we donâ€™t think we have in everyday life. Anyone can make a difference!”

Source : "Amazing Kid! Spotlight on Adora Svitak, age 12, Amazing Young Educator, Author and Speaker". Interview with Kasy Dallman, mag.amazing-kids.org. September 2010.
“People are like, 'Well, she doesn't know the Sex Pistols.' Why would I know that stuff? Look how young I am. That stuff's old, right?”
“And there you have it...if I knew that I could only have a few nights in that man's arms or nothing, I would take those magic nights and use them to keep me warm for the rest of my life.”
“Let your work speak for you.Stay humble.And just DO the work.”
“One of the most commonly overlooked spiritual practices is daring to be completely honest with everyone you encounter. Some may say others cannot handle their honesty, but true honesty is not a strategy or a weapon of any kind. It is the willingness to be open and absolutely transparent in sharing how any moment feels in your heart. It has nothing to do with confrontation, accusation, or any form of blame. True honesty is the willingness to stand completely exposed, allowing the world to do what it may, and say what it will, only so you may know who you are - beyond all ideas.”
“The grandeur and strength or our people and democracy are as big as a forest.”
“We must dissent from the indifference. We must dissent from the apathy. We must dissent from the fear, the hatred and the mistrust. We must dissent from a nation that has buried its head in the sand, waiting in vain for the needs of its poor, its elderly, and its sick to disappear and just blow away. We must dissent from a government that has left its young without jobs, education or hope. We must dissent from the poverty of vision and the absence of moral leadership. We must dissent because America can do better, because America has no choice but to do better.”

Source : Thurgood Marshall, J. Clay Smith, Jr. (2003). “Supreme Justice: Speeches and Writings”, p.15, University of Pennsylvania Press

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