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Patriot: A Memoir

by Alexei Navalny

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Mar 07, 2026 08:17PM

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The Moviegoer

by Walker Percy

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Soul Surgery: Some Thoughts on Incisive Personal Work

by Howard Arnold Walter

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Poverty, by America by Matthew Desmond

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The Poor People’s Campaign has elevated the voices of low-income Americans around the country,

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Matt’s Quotes

“The ends you serve that are selfish will take you no further than yourself but the ends you serve that are for all, in common, will take you into eternity.”
― Marcus Garvey

tags: activism, belief, integrity, social-justice

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“If you tremble with indignation at every injustice then you are a comrade of mine.”
― Ernesto Che Guevara

tags: justice, social-justice

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“The only man who behaved sensibly was my tailor: he took my measure anew every time he saw me, whilst all the rest went on with their old measurements and expected them to fit me.”
― George Bernard Shaw, Man and Superman

tags: change, sensibility

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“Love never fails. Character never quits. And with patience and persistence, dreams do come true”
― Pete Maravich

tags: dreams, inspirational, love, patience, persistence

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“We must become bigger than we have been: more courageous, greater in spirit, larger in outlook. We must become members of a new race, overcoming petty prejudice, owing our ultimate allegiance not to nations but to our fellow men within the human community.”
― Haile Selassie I

tags: courage, humanity, men, race, spirit

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