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“If American women would increase their voting turnout by ten percent, I think we would see an end to all of the budget cuts in programs benefiting women and children.”

“The greatness of a community is most accurately measured by the compassionate actions of its members ... a heart of grace and a soul generated by love.”

“Homophobia is like racism and anti-Semitism and other forms of bigotry in that it seeks to dehumanize a large group of people, to deny their humanity, their dignity and personhood. This sets the stage for further repression and violence that spread all too easily to victimize the next minority group.”

“I'm more determined than ever that my husband's dream will become a reality.”

“Mama and Daddy King represent the best in manhood and womanhood, the best in a marriage, the kind of people we are trying to become.”

“Because his task was not finished, I felt that I must re-dedicate myself to the completion of his work.”

Resonant Thoughts

"Leaving behind son and wife, and father and mother, and wealth and grain, and relatives, and sensual pleasures to the limit, one should wander solitary as a rhinoceros horn."

— Gautama Buddha

Philosophy-563–-483

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"In 1833, Oberlin College, in Ohio, was founded. Its charter declared its grand object, - "To give the most useful education at the least expense of health, time, and money, and to extend the benefits …"

— Lucy Stone

Social Activism1818–1893

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"We are members of the most destructive culture ever to exist. Our assault on the natural world, on indigenous and other cultures, on women, on children, on all of us through the possibility of nuclear…"

— Derrick Jensen

Social Activism1956–2017

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