Quote #20

No artist's masterpiece can match a mother's creation of a successful child, one who has been freed to explore and to grow. ... Success is measured not only by who we are, but by what gifts we give. ... Ah, the mother whose gift to the world is a person!

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  1. Money in doses disproportionate to our needs enslaves.
  2. The less of one's life one must exchange for money, the more freedom one may enjoy.
  3. The new and most powerful union of all will be a union of one -- one man, one woman, one worker with special skills, an inquiring mind, and…
  4. How much of our lives could we buy back if we cherished our lives instead of our trinkets?
  5. To bargain freedom for security is the devil's bargain. Having made the bargain, one enjoys neither freedom nor security.
  6. We cannot, as a people, remain mute and free.
  7. There are only two races (and they are not distinguished by color): those who are free and those who are not.
  8. I dream of a time when the people will retake their airways and use them to achieve a voice to rediscover democracy, and to see the divine …

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