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- In battling evil, excess is good; for he who is moderate in announcing the truth is presenting half-truth. He conceals the other half out of fear of the people's wrath.
- Kahlil Gibran (1883 - 1931), 'Narcotics and Dissecting Knives,' Thoughts and Meditations, 1960
- I believe in the forgiveness of sin and the redemption of ignorance.
- Adlai E. Stevenson Jr. (1900 - 1965), retort to a heckler asking him to state his beliefs, Time, November 1, 1963
- All progress is precarious, and the solution of one problem brings us face to face with another problem.
- Martin Luther King Jr. (1929 - 1968), 'Strength to Love,' 1963
- Our problems are man-made, therefore they may be solved by man. And man can be as big as he wants. No problem of human destiny is beyond human beings.
- John F. Kennedy (1917 - 1963), speech at The American University, Washington, D.C., June 10, 1963
- 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
- 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
- You don't need fancy highbrow traditions or money to really learn. You just need people with the desire to better themselves.
- Adam Cooper and Bill Collage, Accepted, 2006
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