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It is certain, in any case, that ignorance, allied with power, is the most ferocious enemy justice can have.

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Anyone who has ever struggled with poverty knows how extremely expensive it is to be poor.

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Those who say it can't be done are usually interrupted by others doing it.

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Children have never been very good at listening to their elders, but they have never failed to imitate them.

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Everybody's journey is individual. If you fall in love with a boy, you fall in love with a boy. The fact that many Americans consider it a disease says more about them than it does about homosexuality.

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The paradox of education is precisely this - that as one begins to become conscious one begins to examine the society in which he is being educated.

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I love America more than any other country in this world, and, exactly for this reason, I insist on the right to criticize her perpetually.

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Fires can't be made with dead embers, nor can enthusiasm be stirred by spiritless men. Enthusiasm in our daily work lightens effort and turns even labor into pleasant tasks.

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People are trapped in history and history is trapped in them.

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I am what time, circumstance, history, have made of me, certainly, but I am also, much more than that. So are we all.

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Author

Born: August 2nd, 1924

Died: December 1st, 1987

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