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— W. E. B. Du Bois"The time must come when, great and pressing as change and betterment may be, they do not involve killing and hurting people."
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America's leadership and prestige depend, not merely upon our unmatched material progress, riches and military strength, but on how we use our power in the interests of world peace and human betterment.
— Dwight D. Eisenhower
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Our institutions and conditions rest upon deep-seated ideas. To change those conditions and at the same time leave the underlying ideas and values intact means only a superficial transformation, one that cannot be permanent or bring real betterment. It is a change of form only, not of substance, as so tragically proven by Russia.
— Emma Goldman
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