The moral test of a society is how that society treats those who are in the dawn of … - Hubert H. Humphrey

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You make yourself and others suffer just as much when you take offense as when you give offense Ken Keys, JR The more you depend on forces outside yourself, the more you are dominated by them.

Hubert H. Humphrey

The moral test of a society is how that society treats those who are in the dawn of life: the children;. . . the elderly.

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We should have learnt by now that laws and court decisions can only point the way. They can establish criteria of right and wrong. And they can provide a basis for rooting out the evils of bigotry and racism. But they cannot wipe away centuries of oppression and injustice - however much we might desire it.

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You can always debate about what you should have done. The question is what are you going to do?

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What we need are critical lovers of America - patriots who express their faith in their country by working to improve it.

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If I believe in something, I will fight for it, with all I have. But I do not demand all or nothing. I would rather get something than nothing.

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The good old days were never that good, believe me. The good new days are today, and better days are coming tomorrow. Our greatest songs are still unsung.

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Nothing gives such a blow to friendship as the detecting another in an untruth. It strikes at the root of our confidence ever after.

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Though the immediate impression of rebellion may obscure the fact, the task of authentic literature is nevertheless only conceivable in terms of a desire for fundamental communication with the reader.

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I can't understand how some bands are criticized for doing something different and other bands are rewarded for doing things different. At the end of the day, I throw my hands up in the air and say, "F**k it. " I've come to accept that no matter what we do, there's going to be somebody out there on the Internet that says it's a piece of s**t and somebody who says they really like it. That's happened with every single album we've put out.

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