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To give up the task of reforming society is to give up ones respon

To give up the task of reforming society is to give up ones responsibility as a free man. – Alan Paton

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Who knows for what we live, and struggle, and die? Wise men write many books, in words too hard to understand. But this, the purpose of our lives, the end of all our struggle, is beyond all human wisdom. – Alan Paton

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Wisdom
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Alan Paton
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All I can ask from society is that it please stop telling me why I should like sports. – John Hodgman

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The truth is, I think we are a self-less society, not a selfish society. Because were so busy now. – Phil McGraw

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The individual is not accountable to society for his actions in so far as these concern the interests of no person but himself. – John Stuart Mill

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But, on the other hand, I get bored with racism too and recognize that there are still many things to be said about a Black person and a White person loving each other in a racist society. – Audre Lorde

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In some ways that fight gave me more respect around the world and helped me be even more popular because so many people felt my pain and saw that I was robbed. – Marvin Hagler

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