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There are many persons ready to do what is right because in their hearts they know it is right. But they hesitate, waiting for the... - MORE There are many persons ready to do what is right because in their hearts they know it is right. But they hesitate, waiting for the other fellow to make the first move--and he, in turn, waits for you. The minute a person whose word means a great deal dares to take the open- hearted and courageous way, many others follow. Not everyone can be turned aside from meanness and hatred, but the great majority of Americans is heading in that direction. I have a great belief in the future of my people and my country.

Marian Anderson

civil rights movement | morality | future, the

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Some of us who sit upon this platform have many a time been clamored down, and told that we had no right to speak, and that we wer... - MORE Some of us who sit upon this platform have many a time been clamored down, and told that we had no right to speak, and that we were out of our place in public meetings; far be it from us, when women assemble, and a man has a thought in his soul, burning for utterance, to retaliate upon him.

Susan B. Anthony

freedom of expression | woman suffrage movement

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There is evidence that all too many people are approaching parenthood with a dangerous lack of knowledge and skill. The result is ... - MORE There is evidence that all too many people are approaching parenthood with a dangerous lack of knowledge and skill. The result is that many children are losing out on what ought to be an undeniable right--the right to have parents who know how to be good parents, parents skilled in the art of "parenting."

T. H. Bell

parent education, the need for | parenthood | children

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People who begin sentences with "I may be old-fashioned but--" are usually not only old-fashioned but wrong. I never thought the t... - MORE People who begin sentences with "I may be old-fashioned but--" are usually not only old-fashioned but wrong. I never thought the time would come when I should catch myself leading off with that crack. But I feel it coming on right now.

Robert Benchley

conservatives | aging

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That's what the cat said to the canary when he swallowed him: "You'll be all right." That's what the cat said to the canary when he swallowed him: "You'll be all right."

Alvah Bessie

safety | cats

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If a man would allot half an hour every night for self-conversation, and recapitulate with himself whatever he has done, right or ... - MORE If a man would allot half an hour every night for self-conversation, and recapitulate with himself whatever he has done, right or wrong, in the course of the day, he would be both the better and the wiser for it.

Philip Dormer Stanhope Chesterfield, 4th Earl

conversation | meditation | self

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It is always right to detect a fraud, and to perceive a folly; but it is very often wrong to expose either. A man of business shou... - MORE It is always right to detect a fraud, and to perceive a folly; but it is very often wrong to expose either. A man of business should always have his eyes open, but must often seem to have them shut.

Philip Dormer Stanhope Chesterfield, 4th Earl

business and commerce | deception

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Our country! In her intercourse with foreign nations, may she always be in the right; but our country, right or wrong. - MORE Our country! In her intercourse with foreign nations, may she always be in the right; but our country, right or wrong.

Stephen Decatur

patriotism

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My center is giving way, my right is in retreat; situation excellent. I shall attack. My center is giving way, my right is in retreat; situation excellent. I shall attack.

Ferdinand Foch

battles

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'Are ye right there, Michael? are ye right?
Do you think that we'll be there before the night?... - MORE 'Are ye right there, Michael? are ye right?
Do you think that we'll be there before the night?
Ye've been so long in startin',
That ye couldn't say for sartin'--
Still ye might now, Michael, so ye might!'

William Percy French

traveling | travelers

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