Life starts all over again when it gets crisp in the fall.
F. Scott FitzgeraldRead
The quest for freedom, dignity, and the rights of man will never end.
Interpretation
The struggle for human rights and dignity is ongoing and never-ending.
William J. Brennan, Jr.'s quote emphasizes the perpetual nature of humanity's pursuit of freedom and dignity. It suggests that these fundamental rights are not merely achieved once but require continuous effort and vigilance from individuals and societies.
In practice
During a speech at a human rights conference, one might quote this to emphasize the ongoing struggle for justice.
Life starts all over again when it gets crisp in the fall.
If it hadn't been for that march across the Edmund Pettus Bridge on Bloody Sunday, there would be no Barack Obama as President of the United States of America.
We have a planetary emergency. We have to find a way to create, in the generation of those alive today, a sense of generational mission.
When there's justice and change, you start to see the cleansing of the soul, and that is what I want for people, and I hope it's okay for me to say those things.
One doesn't discover new lands without consenting to lose sight, for a very long time, of the shore.
We must not, in trying to think about how we can make a big difference, ignore the small daily differences we can make which, over time, add up to big differences that we often cannot foresee.
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