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1. “The love of justice and the love of country plead equally the cause of these people, and it is a moral reproach to us that they should have pleaded it so long in vain.”

Thomas Jefferson

Justice, Patriotism, Morality, Social Progress, Human Rights

2. “A little rebellion is a good thing.”

Thomas Jefferson

Rebellion, Change, Politics, Social Progress, Political Philosophy

3. “To penetrate and dissipate these clouds of darkness, the general mind must be strengthened by education.”

Thomas Jefferson

Education, Enlightenment, Knowledge, Social Progress, Intellectual Growth

4. “I hold it that a little rebellion now and then is a good thing, and as necessary in the political world as storms in the physical.”

Thomas Jefferson

Rebellion, Politics, Change, Social Progress, Political Philosophy

5. “A little patience, and we shall see the reign of witches pass over, their spells dissolve, and the people, recovering their true sight, restore their government to its true principles.”

Thomas Jefferson

Patience, Government, Change, Social Progress, Political Optimism

6. “The press is the best instrument for enlightening the mind of man, and improving him as a rational, moral and social being.”

Thomas Jefferson

Press, Enlightenment, Education, Social Progress, Intellectual Growth

7. “The last hope of human liberty in this world rests on us.”

Thomas Jefferson

Liberty, Responsibility, Hope, Human Rights, Social Progress

8. “When complaints are freely heard, deeply considered and speedily reformed, then is the utmost bound of civil liberty attained that wise men look for.”

John Milton

Civil Liberty, Governance, Reform, Wisdom, Social Progress

9. “If hearing that the CEO of Apple is gay can help someone struggling to come to terms with who he or she is, or bring comfort to anyone who feels alone, or inspire people to insist on their equality, then it's worth the trade-off with my own privacy.”

Tim Cook

Personal Courage, Equality Advocacy, Social Progress, Equality, Inspiration, Privacy

10. “Part of social progress is understanding that a person is not defined only by one's sexuality, race, or gender.”

Tim Cook

Social Progress, Human Equality, Identity Respect, Cultural Awareness, Inclusion Values, Broader Understanding

11. “We pave the sunlit path toward justice together, brick by brick. This is my brick.”

Tim Cook

Justice Path, Social Progress, Personal Contribution, Justice, Progress, Unity

12. “By appreciation, we make excellence in others our own property.”

Voltaire

Appreciation Excellence, Personal Growth, Self Improvement, Value Recognition, Shared Wisdom, Social Progress

13. “Greater than the tread of mighty armies is an idea whose time has come.”

Victor Hugo

Ideas And Power, Change And Revolution, Political Influence, Time And Destiny, Social Progress, Historical Moments

14. “Ignorance, poverty, and greed must disappear so that light can prevail in all places.”

Helen Keller

Social Progress, Elimination Of Evils, Universal Light, Ignorance, Light, Progress

15. “Economic growth without social progress lets the great majority of the people remain in poverty, while a privileged few reap the benefits of rising abundance.”

John F. Kennedy

Economic growth, Social progress, Inequality, Poverty, Economic disparity, Wealth distribution

16. “Political sovereignty is but a mockery without the means of meeting poverty and illiteracy and disease. Self-determination is but a slogan if the future holds no hope.”

John F. Kennedy

Political sovereignty, Poverty, Illiteracy, Self-determination, Hope, Social progress

17. “There is an old saying that the course of civilization is a race between catastrophe and education. In a democracy such as ours, we must make sure that education wins the race.”

John F. Kennedy

Education, Civilization, Democracy, Social progress, National development, Intellectual growth

18. “A great change is at hand, and our task, our obligation, is to make that revolution, that change, peaceful and constructive for all.”

John F. Kennedy

Peaceful Change, Constructive Revolution, Social Progress, Change, Revolution, Obligation

19. “Once made equal to man, woman becomes his superior.”

Socrates

Gender Equality, Female Empowerment, Social Progress, Equality Reflection, Feminine Strength, Wisdom Insight

20. “If the word integration means anything, this is what it means that we, with love, shall force our brothers to see themselves as they are, to cease fleeing from reality and begin to change it.”

James Baldwin

Integration, Love, Reality, Change, Brotherhood, Social Progress

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