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Destiny is not a matter of chance; it is a matter of choice. It is not a thing to be waited for; it is a thing to be achieved.
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"America's Mission", speech delivered by the leader of the Democratic Party at the Washington Day banquet given by the Virginia Democratic Association at Washington, D.C., February 22, 1899. (Thomas B. Reed, ed. Modern Eloquence Part One. p. 95)

 

William Jennings Bryan

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Let me first tell you one thing: It doesn't matter what the world says about Israel; it doesn't matter what they say about us anywhere else. The only thing that matters is that we can exist here on the land of our forefathers. And unless we show the Arabs that there is a high price to pay for murdering Jews, we won't survive.

 

David Ben-Gurion

 

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Swami Vivekananda

 

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Richard Nixon

 

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Kenzaburo Oe