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Beliefs and Believing Quotes

Beliefs shape our perspectives and guide our actions. A belief is not just something we think, it is an idea we are committed to (the word comes from be+"love"). We…

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Making a Difference Quotes

What you do has an actual impact on the world and people around you. Here are some thoughts from the famous and not-so-famous on making a difference.

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Leadership Quotes

Leading others has been a role in human groups since before history began. Is leadership learned or inborn? Is it best done by exercising power and force, or by cooperation…

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Dissent Quotes

To dissent is to express a different opinion, or to challenge established beliefs or norms. In democracy, dissent is protected, so that there can be a free exchange of ideas…

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Patriotism Quotes

Patriotism is support of and devotion to one's country. For some, that means asserting one's country can do no wrong. For others, it means to work to make the country…

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Social Change Quotes

Social change usually means working for full equality and rights of all people, and especially through changes in policies and systems. If you're looking for some inspiration, these quotations might…

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America Quotes (USA)

Quotations about America (the common short way to say The United States of America). What does America mean to different people, in different places, in different times? What does it…

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Opinion Quotes

An opinion is a conclusion or judgment, a belief. Opinions may or may not be based on facts and knowledge, but are based on experience and on limited factual knowledge, and are often flavored by emotion or group beliefs. Opinions are not certainty, though some who express opinions seem to think they are.

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Politics Quotes

Politics includes all the activities and conflicts among people and parties to achieve power to implement policies. Politics is how people make decisions in public, together.

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Voting and Elections Quotes

Elections are how a representative democracy functions. Voting selects who the representatives will be. The right to vote is a basic civil right in a democratic republic. Who has the…

Extremism Quotes

Extremism means to take a political or religious position that is at the extreme edges, right or left, often with great certainty that one's position is the only possible one…

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Democracy Quotes

Democracy can mean a government or organization where all the citizens or members have a say in decisions, usually with majority rule. Democracy can also be used to communicate a…