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- Whoever said anybody has a right to give up?
- Investing in [children] is not a national luxury or a national choice. It's a national necessity. If the foundation of your house is crumbling, you…
- The outside world told black kids when I was growing up that we weren't worth anything. But our parents said it wasn't so, and our…
- Children don't vote but adults who do must stand up and vote for them.
- Children teach us to be courageous and to stand up against injustice.
- There comes a time when you roll up your sleeves and put yourself at the top of your commitment list.
- Whoever said anyone has the right to give up.
- It is time for every one of us to roll up our sleeves and put ourselves at the top of our commitment list.
- Dr. King used to say, 'I was sitting in the back of the bus, but my mind was always up front.' Don't let anybody tell…
- Don't just dream about grandiose acts of doing good. Every day do small ones, that add up over time to positive patterns.
- I grew up in a very religious family and it is the motivating force to every thing I do. I am fortunate to have had…
- If we don't stand up for children, then we don't stand for much.
- A lot of people are waiting for Martin Luther King or Mahatma Gandhi to come back - but they are gone. We are it. It…
- We must not, in trying to think about how we can make a big difference, ignore the small daily differences we can make which, over…
- I feel very lucky to have grown up having interaction with adults who were making change but who were far from perfect beings. That feeling…
- We must not, in trying to think about how we can make a big difference, ignore the small daily difference we can make which, over…
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