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Category Archives: History
Retro Quote – Barack Obama
“The best way to not feel hopeless is to get up and do something. If you go out and make good things happen, you fill the world with hope. And in doing so, you will fill yourself with hope.”
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Retro Quote – Maya Angelou
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Retro Quote – Klaus Balkenhol
“There is a difference between being a leader and being a boss. Both are based on authority. A boss demands blind obedience; a leader earns his authority through understanding and trust.”
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Retro Quote – Sen. Bob Dole
“If there is anyone who has mistakenly attached themselves to our party in the belief that we’re not open to citizens of every race and religion, then let me remind you, tonight this hall belongs to the party of Lincoln and the exits, which are clearly marked, are for you to walk out of as I stand this ground without compromise.”
– Sen. Bob Dole, during his acceptance speech for president during the 1996 Republican National Convention
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Retro Quote – President George H.W. Bush
“The people have spoken, and we respect the majesty of the democratic system.”
– President George H.W. Bush, upon losing the 1992 U.S. presidential election
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Retro Quote – Hélder Câmara
“When I feed the poor, they call me a saint. But when I ask why the poor are hungry, they call me a communist.”
– Brazilian Archbishop Hélder Câmara
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Retro Quote – Robert F. Kennedy
“Each time a man stands up for an ideal, or acts to improve the lot of others, or strikes out against injustice, he sends forth a tiny ripple of hope, and crossing each other from a million different centers of energy and daring those ripples build a current which can sweep down the mightiest walls of oppression and resistance.”
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Retro Quote – Mason Cooley
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Retro Quote – Richard Nixon
“People react to fear, not love. They don’t teach that in Sunday school, but it’s true.”
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