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title: "9 Issues Today Quotes by 9 authors"
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> [A lot of the issues today may not affect us personally, but we can't stay in our comfort zone when it comes…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jurnee-smollett-bell/a-lot-of-the-issues-today-may-not-affect-us-personally-but-we-can-t/)

[Jurnee Smollett-Bell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jurnee-smollett-bell/)

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> [Rebel against past issues. Today let's try to move forward. It's not easy, but it's worth a try. Be blessed.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/rebel-against-past-issues-today-let-s-try-to-move-forward-it-s-not/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

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> [With climate change, we are living on borrowed time. If we do not address these issues today, it is going to be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/johan-eliasch/with-climate-change-we-are-living-on-borrowed-time-if-we-do-not/)

[Johan Eliasch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/johan-eliasch/)

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> [We have come far, but there is an ongoing battle to be fought. Many of the issues the Suffragettes were dealing with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-gavron/we-have-come-far-but-there-is-an-ongoing-battle-to-be-fought-many-of/)

[Sarah Gavron](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-gavron/)

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> [“Today is felt to be the most complicated day in our lives and rarely in trying to deal with the issues of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martha-char-love/today-is-felt-to-be-the-most-complicated-day-in-our-lives-and-rarely/)

[Martha Char Love](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martha-char-love/)

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> [With a lot of either unintended consequences or consequences that were hidden. The National Organization for Women and what I would call…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-dobson/with-a-lot-of-either-unintended-consequences-or-consequences-that/)

[James Dobson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-dobson/)

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> [We have so many issues today that we need to confront. Comprehensive immigration reform. We have to solve the issue of poverty,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-lewis/we-have-so-many-issues-today-that-we-need-to-confront-comprehensive/)

[John Lewis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-lewis/)

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> [“Get some perspective. A lot of things that may aggravate you only do so because you have the luxury of not wrestling…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dinah-sanders/get-some-perspective-a-lot-of-things-that-may-aggravate-you-only-do/)

[Dinah Sanders](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dinah-sanders/)

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> [The issues which today confront the nation are clearly defined and so fundamental as to directly involve the very survival of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/douglas-macarthur/the-issues-which-today-confront-the-nation-are-clearly-defined-and-so/)

[Douglas MacArthur](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/douglas-macarthur/)

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                        "text": "The issues which today confront the nation are clearly defined and so fundamental as to directly involve the very survival of the Republic. Are we going to preserve the religious base to our origin, our growth and our progress, or yield to the devious assaults of atheistic or other anti-religious forces? Are we going to maintain our present course toward State Socialism with Communism just beyond or reverse the present trend and regain our hold upon our heritage of liberty and freedom?",
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