Category: political figure
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In Memory: “Every time something bad happens to me, I don’t ask the question, ‘Why did it happen to me?’ The question I ask is, ‘Why did it happen for me?'”
British, political figure, Quotes for Now
“If a democracy cannot change its mind, it ceases to be a democracy.
book quotes, political activist, political figure
“I ran for the presidency, despite hopeless odds, to demonstrate the sheer will and refusal to accept the status quo.”
activist, editor, political activist, political figure
“I shall not change my course because those who assume to be better than I desire it.”
“Throughout history, it has been the inaction of those who could have acted… that has made it possible for evil to triumph.”
activist, diplomat, political figure
“Great minds discuss ideas; average minds discuss events; small minds discuss people.”
author, book quotes, political figure
“Human rights… don’t represent standards from which particular cultures or religions can be exempted. They are universal. They exist above the state and beyond history.”
lawyer, political figure, Quotes for Now
“In a government of laws, existence of the government will be imperiled if it fails to observe the law scrupulously”
