When people get caught up with that which is right and they are willing to sacrifice for it, there is no stopping point short of victory.
Interpretation
Determination and sacrifice for what is right lead to ultimate victory.
This quote emphasizes the importance of moral conviction and the willingness to fight for justice. When individuals are fully committed to a righteous cause and are prepared to make sacrifices, they can achieve their goals and overcome any obstacles in their path until they attain victory.
In practice
This quote can be used in a motivational speech to inspire activists fighting for social justice.
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.
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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.
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I don't believe in pessimism. If something doesn't come up the way you want, forge ahead. If you think it's going to rain, it will.
Like every person, every thought has the potential to become something great.
I don't want to look back. I want to keep going forward, I still have something to say to people.
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To reach the height of our ambition is like trying to reach the rainbow; as we advance it recedes.
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