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“It is wrong to expect a reward for your struggles. The reward is the act of struggle itself, not what you win.” quote by Phil Ochs — Download Open image

“It is wrong to expect a reward for your struggles. The reward is the act of struggle itself, not what you win.”

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Even though you can't expect to defeat the absurdity of the world, you must make that attempt. That's morality, that's religion. That's art. That's…

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You can do right or you can do what you are told. And the prize of the victory will belong to the bold.

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Is there anybody here who thinks that following the orders takes away the blame Is there anybody here who wouldn't mind a murder by…

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I can spare a dime, brother, but in these morally inflationary times, a dime goes a lot farther if it's demanding work rather than…

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God help the troubadour who tries to be a star. The more that you try to find success, the more that you will fail.

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Even though you can't expect to defeat the absurdity of the world, you must make that attempt.

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I wonder who I left behind on the other side of fame.

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In the state of Mississippi, Many Years Ago, a boy of 14 years got a taste of Southern law.

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There is an urgent need for Americans to look deeply into themselves and their actions, and musical poetry is perhaps the most effective mirror…

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One legged veterans will greet the dawn, and they're whistling marches as they mow the lawn, and the gargoyles on sit and grieve.

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The only possibility in the United States for a humane society would be a revolution with Elvis Presley as leader.

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Oh you tell me that there's danger to the land you call your own, And you watch them build the war machine right beside…

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