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Service is what life is all about.

Service to others is the rent you pay for living on this planet.

The challenge of social justice is to evoke a sense of community that we need to make our nation a better place, just as we make it a safer place.

The future which we hold in trust for our own children will be shaped by our fairness to other people's children.

The legacy I want to leave is a child-care system that says no kid is going to be left alone or left unsafe.

We are willing to spend the least amount of money to keep a kid at home, more to put him in a foster home and the most to institutionalize him.

We do not have a money problem in America. We have a values and priorities problem.

We must not, in trying to think about how we can make a big difference, ignore the small daily differences we can make which, over time, add up to big differences that we often cannot foresee.

We must not... ignore the small daily differences we can make which, over time, add up to big differences that we often cannot foresee.
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Whoever said anybody has a right to give up?

You didn't have a choice about the parents you inherited, but you do have a choice about the kind of parent you will be.

You just need to be a flea against injustice. Enough committed fleas biting strategically can make even the biggest dog uncomfortable and transform even the biggest nation.

You really can change the world if you care enough.

You're not obligated to win. You're obligated to keep trying to do the best you can every day.


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