When I say I love Eastland, it sounds preposterous--a man who brutalizes people. But *you* love him or you wouldn't be here. You're going to Mississippi to create social change--and you love Eastland in your desire to create conditions which will redeem his children. Loving your enemy is manifest in putting your arms not around the man but around the social situation, to take power from those who misuse it--at which point they can become human too.
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From the desert I come to thee, On a stallion shod with fire; And the winds are left behind In the speed of my desire.
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I cannot give you the formula for success, but I can give you the formula for failure - which is: Try to please everybody.
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Fame is what you have taken, character is what you give; when to this truth you waken then you begin to live.
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Fame is what you have taken, character is what you give. When to this truth you awaken, then you begin to live.
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Replying to the tributes paid to him at a testimonial dinner, Herbert Bayard Swope said; 'I cannot give you the formula for success, but I can give you the formula for failure. Try to please everybody.'
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I can't give you a sure-fire formula for success, but I can give you a formula for failure try to please everybody all the time.
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