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- You cannot shake hands with a clenched fist.
- Indira Gandhi (1917 - 1984), quoted by Christian Science Monitor, May 17, 1982
- Do something. If it doesn't work, do something else. No idea is too crazy.
- Jim Hightower, The New York Times, March 9, 1986
- To wear your heart on your sleeve isn't a very good plan; you should wear it inside, where it functions best.
- Margaret Thatcher (1925 - ), interview with Barbara Walters on ABC-TV, March 18, 1987
- The highest proof of virtue is to possess boundless power without abusing it.
- Lord Macaulay, review of Lucy Aikin, 'Life and Writings of Addison,' 1943
- Power consists in one's capacity to link his will with the purpose of others, to lead by reason and a gift of cooperation.
- Woodrow Wilson (1856 - 1924), letter to Mary A. Hulbert, September 21, 1913
- It is never too late to give up our prejudices.
- Henry David Thoreau (1817 - 1862), 'Economy,' Walden, 1854
- No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.
- Eleanor Roosevelt (1884 - 1962), 'This Is My Story,' 1937
- Everyone is a prisoner of his own experiences. No one can eliminate prejudices - just recognize them.
- Edward R. Murrow (1908 - 1965), television broadcast, December 31, 1955
- The good neighbor looks beyond the external accidents and discerns those inner qualities that make all men human and, therefore, brothers.
- Martin Luther King Jr. (1929 - 1968), 'Strength to Love,' 1963
- Unless man is committed to the belief that all mankind are his brothers, then he labors in vain and hypocritically in the vineyards of equality.
- Adam Clayton Powell Jr. (1908 - 1972), 'Black Power: A Form of Godly Power,' 1967
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