Freedom can never be taken for granted. Each generation must safeguard it and extend it. Your parents and elders sacrificed much so that you should have freedom without suffering what they did. Use this precious right to ensure that the darkness of the past never returns.

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There can be no greater gift than that of giving one’s time and energy to help others without expecting anything in return.

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As I walked out the door toward the gate that would lead to my freedom, I knew if I didn't leave my bitterness and hatred behind, I'd still be in prison.

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I like friends who have independent minds because they tend to make you see problems from all angles.

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Fools multiply when wise men are silent.

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Living isn't just about doing for yourself,but what you do for others as well.

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A good head and a good heart are always a formidable combination.

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If you talk to a man in a language he understands, that goes to his head. If you talk to him in his language, that goes to his heart.

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May your choices reflect your hopes, not your fears.

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Education is the great engine of personal development. It is through education that the daughter of a peasant can become a doctor, that the son of a mineworker can become the head of the mine, that a child of farm workers can become the president of a great nation. It is what we make out of what we have, not what we are given, that separates one person from another.

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