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“You've got to make a lot of sacrifices and spend a lot of time if you really want to achieve with this sport, or in any sport, or in anything truly worthwhile.”

Quote by Arthur Ashe

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Arthur Ashe was an American tennis player who achieved significant success in the early 1970s. Known for his exceptional skill and tenacity, Ashe won the men's singles title at the U.S. Open in 1975, and the doubles titles at the French Open and Wimbledon in 1968. Beyond his tennis achievements, Ashe was also committed to the causes of racial equality and social justice. more

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Book:RFK: collected speeches

Source: RFK: collected speeches

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Book:Make Gentle the Life of the World: The Vision of Robert F. Kennedy

Source: Make Gentle the Life of the World: The Vision of Robert F. Kennedy

“Even government by the consent of the governed, as in our own Constitution, must be limited in its power to act against its people; so that there may be no interference with the right to worship, or with the security of the home; no arbitrary imposition of pains or penalties by officials high or low; no restrictions on the freedom of men to seek education or work or opportunity of any kind, so that each man may become all he is capable of becoming.”

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“For there is another kind of violence, slower but just as deadly, destructive as the shot or the bomb in the night. This is the violence of institutions; indifference and inaction and slow decay. This is the violence that afflicts the poor, that poisons relations between men because their skin has different colors. This is a slow destruction of a child by hunger, and schools without books and homes without heat in the winter.”

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