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" Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that. "

Martin Luther King, Jr.

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" I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character. "

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" The limitation of riots, moral questions aside, is that they cannot win and their participants know it. Hence, rioting is not revolutionary but reactionary because it invites defeat. It involves an emotional catharsis, but it must be followed by a sense of futility. "

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" On the Day of Atonement, Jews are commanded to seek forgiveness from the people we have hurt. "

Laura Schlessinger

" Only the brave know how to forgive... a coward never forgave; it is not in his nature. "

Laurence Sterne

" No person is perfect. I haven't, thank God, had any infidelity issues. But you can't say what you won't ever do. And you can't say that you won't have forgiveness in your heart if there were to be an issue like that. "

" Any story about revenge is ultimately a story about forgiveness, redemption, or the futility of revenge. "

" The heart of who I am as a person and as a man is forgiveness, after forgiving my father for a lot of things that were done when I was child. "

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" Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter. "

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" People have to render judgment. In my case, I've said upfront openly, I've made mistakes at times. I've had to go to God for forgiveness. I've had to seek reconciliation. But I'm also a 68-year-old grandfather, and I think people have to measure who I am now and whether I'm a person they can trust. "

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