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I swore never to be silent whenever and wherever human beings endure suffering and humiliation. We must always take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented.

Elie Wiesel
Source: (Elie Wiesel, 1986 Nobel Peace Prize, born 1928)
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"If we are to teach real peace in this world, and if we are to carry on a real war against war, we shall have to begin with the children."

"Mahatma" Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi : Indian spiritual and political leader, called Mahatma "great soul"
Gandhi (1869 - 1948)
Source: (Indian Philosopher, internationally esteemed for his doctrine of nonviolent protest, 1869-1948)
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"Compassion is the basis of all morality"

Arthur Schopenhauer : German philosopher
Arthur Schopenhauer (1788 - 1860)
Source: (German Philosopher, 1788-1860)
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"Compassion is not weakness, and concern for the unfortunate is not socialism."

Hubert H. Humphrey (1911 - 1978)
Source: (American 38th US Vice President under Lyndon B. Johnson {1965-1969} and US Senator from Minnesota {1949-1964, 1971-1978} 1911-1978)
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"I believe in human dignity as the source of national purpose, human liberty as the source of national action, the human heart as the source of national compassion, and in the human mind as the source of our invention and our ideas"

John Fitzgerald Kennedy : American Statesman (35th US president: 1961-63), youngest president
John F. Kennedy (1917 - 1963)
Source: (American 35th US President {1961-1963}, 1917-1963)
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"Children are the world's most valuable resource and its best hope for the future"

John F. Kennedy
 
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"One person can make a difference and every person should try."

John F. Kennedy
 
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"Those who have knowledge, don't predict.  Those who predict, don't have knowledge."

Lao Tzu
Source: (Chinese taoist Philosopher, founder of Taoism, wrote "Tao Te Ching" (also "The Book of the Way"), 600 BC-531 BC)
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"To greed, all nature is insufficient."

Seneca
Source: (Roman philosopher, mid-1st century AD)
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"Those who have knowledge, don't predict.  Those who predict, don't have knowledge."

Lao Tzu
Source: (Chinese taoist Philosopher, founder of Taoism, wrote "Tao Te Ching" (also "The Book of the Way"), 600 BC-531 BC)
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