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It is a very rare man who does not victimize the helpless. - James

It is a very rare man who does not victimize the helpless. – James Baldwin

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Words like freedom, justice, democracy are not common concepts; on the contrary, they are rare. People are not born knowing what these are. It takes enormous and, above all, individual effort to arrive at the respect for other people that these words imply. – James Baldwin

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O Lord, help me not to despise or oppose what I do not understand. – William Penn

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We are each burdened with prejudice; against the poor or the rich, the smart or the slow, the gaunt or the obese. It is natural to develop prejudices. It is noble to rise above them. – Author Unknown

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In the groves of their academy, at the end of every vista, you see nothing but the gallows. – Edmund Burke

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Preconceived notions are the locks on the door to wisdom. – Merry Browne

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