Few will have the greatness to
bend history; but each of us can work to change a small portion
of events, and in the total of all those acts will be written
the history of this generation ... It is from numberless diverse
acts of courage and belief that human history is thus shaped. 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.
-- Robert F. Kennedy
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