If a jerk burns the flag, America is not threatened, democracy is not under siege, freedom is not at risk. - Gary Ackerman

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Whatever your life's work is, do it well.

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One of the great liabilities of history is that all too many people fail to remain awake through great periods of social change. Every society has its protectors of status quo and its fraternities of the indifferent who are notorious for sleeping through revolutions. Today, our very survival depends on our ability to stay awake, to adjust to new ideas, to remain vigilant and to face the challenge of change.

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It is by the goodness of God that in our country we have those three unspeakably precious things: freedom of speech, freedom of conscience, and the prudence never to practice either of them. -- Mark Twain

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Lock up your libraries if you like; but there is no gate, no lock, no bolt that you can set upon the freedom of my mind. ― Virginia Woolf

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I like freedom. I wake up in the morning and say, ‘I don’t know, should I have a popsicle or a donut?’ You know, who knows? — Oscar Nunez

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The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others.

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The advancement and diffusion of knowledge is the only guardian of true liberty. -- James Madison

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The Four Conditions of Happiness: Life in the open air, Love for another being, Freedom from ambition,Creation.

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May I stress the need for courageous, intelligent, and dedicated leadership... Leaders of sound integrity. Leaders not in love with publicity, but in love with justice. Leaders not in love with money, but in love with humanity. Leaders who can subject their particular egos to the greatness of the cause.

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