We who lived in concentration camps can remember the men who walked through the huts comforting others, giving away their last piece of bread. They may have been few in number, but they offer sufficient proof that everything can be taken from a man but one thing: the last of human freedoms - to choose one's attitude in any given set of circumstances - to choose one's own way.
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How much a dunce that has been sent to roam, excels a dunce that has been kept at home.
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I am working for the time when unqualified blacks, browns, and women join the unqualified men in running our government.
