Mary Livermore quotes
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“For humanity has moved forward to an era when wrong and slavery are being displaced, and reason and justice are being recognized as the rule of life.”
-- Mary LivermoreSource : Mary A. Livermore (2016). “The Story of My Life: Sunshine and Shadows of Seventy Years”, p.373, BIG BYTE BOOKS
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“Philanthropy is one of the most hopeful characteristics of our time.”
-- Mary Livermore#Hopeful Quotes #Philanthropy Quotes #Characteristics Quotes
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“Courage, then, for the end draws near! A few more years of persistent, faithful work and the women of the United States will be recognized as the legal equals of men.”
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“Above the titles of wife and mother, which, although dear, are transitory and accidental, there is the title human being, which precedes and out-ranks every other.”
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“Almost every one of the great religions of the world has made special provisions for them, and the woman who has preferred a celibate to a domestic life has been able to occupy a position of honor and usefulness.”
-- Mary Livermore
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“A nation writes its history in the image of its ideal.”
Source : Abba Eban (1969). “My people: the story of the Jews”, George Weidenfeld & Nicholson
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“By the very fact of public life, one seems to lose humanity in people's eyes.”
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“Do not look down upon any Muslim, for even the most inferior believer is great in the eyes of God.”
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