Almost always, the creative dedicated minority has made the world better.
Interpretation
Creative and dedicated individuals often drive positive change in the world.
This quote emphasizes the impact that a small but passionate group of individuals can have on society. It highlights the idea that it is often the innovative and committed minority who challenge the status quo, inspire others, and ultimately contribute to significant advancements and improvements in the world.
In practice
In a speech about innovation at a conference, I could use this quote to highlight the importance of passionate individuals.
This business of burning human beings with napalm, of filling our nation's homes with orphans and widows, of injecting poisonous drugs of hate into veins of peoples normally humane, of sending men home from dark and bloody battlefields physically handicapped and psychologically deranged, cannot be reconciled with wisdom, justice and love.
Music is the best consolation for a despaired man
We must meet the forces of hate with the power of love.
We may have all come on different ships, but we're in the same boat now.
Israel... is one of the great outpost of democracy in the world
One of the greatest casualties of the war in Vietnam is the Great Society... shot down on the battlefield of Vietnam.
My hopes were never brighter than now.
The story of Christian reformation, revival, and renaissance underscores that the darkest hour is often just before the dawn, so we should always be people of hope and prayer, not gloom and defeatism. God the Holy Spirit can turn the situation around in five minutes.
I'm trying as hard as I can to keep pushing the boundaries of what a woman is capable of doing. And it turns out there's a lot we can do. There's a lot we can speak about.
Everything that is really great and inspiring is created by the individual who can labor in freedom.
I never have to grope for methods. The method is revealed at the moment I am inspired to create something new. Without God to draw aside the curtain I would be helpless.
I am all for anything that is going to better equip a person who is physically challenged in any way, to have an opportunity to be able to do what they are able to do.
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