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Quote by Bayard Rustin
To be afraid is to behave as if the truth were not true. - Bayard

To be afraid is to behave as if the truth were not true. – Bayard Rustin

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When an individual is protesting societys refusal to acknowledge his dignity as a human being, his very act of protest confers dignity on him. – Bayard Rustin

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I say that justice is truth in action. – Benjamin Disraeli

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Truth

Of all liars the most arrogant are biographers: those who would have us believe, having surveyed a few boxes full of letters, diaries, bank statements and photographs, that they can play at the recording angel and tell the whole truth about another human life. – A. N. Wilson

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Truth

Its no wonder that truth is stranger than fiction. Fiction has to make sense. – Mark Twain

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Truth

Truth is always in harmony with herself, and is not concerned chiefly to reveal the justice that may consist with wrong-doing. – Henry David Thoreau

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The only way to make sure people you agree with can speak is to support the rights of people you dont agree with. – Eleanor Holmes Norton

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You have to enable and empower people to make decisions independent of you. As Ive learned, each person on a team is an extension of your leadership if they feel empowered by you they will magnify your power to lead. – Tom Ridge

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My chief aim is to make a poem. You make it for yourself firstly, and then if other people want to join in then there we are. – R.S. Thomas (1913–2000)

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My hope is that we continue to nurture the places that we love, but that we also look outside our immediate worlds. – Annie Leibovitz

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