History will have to record that the greatest tragedy of this peri

History will have to record that the greatest tragedy of this period of social transition was not the strident clamor of the bad people, but the appalling silence of the good people. – Martin Luther King, Jr.

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Whatever words we utter should be chosen with care for people will hear them and be influenced by them for good or ill. – Buddha

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Instead of giving money to found colleges to promote learning, why dont they pass a constitutional amendment prohibiting anybody from learning anything? If it works as good as the Prohibition one did, why, in five years we would have the smartest race of people on earth. – Will Rogers

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When Im good, Im very good. But when Im bad Im better. – Mae West

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I am glad that I paid so little attention to good advice had I abided by it I might have been saved from some of my most valuable mistakes. – Edna St. Vincent Millay

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