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Abraham Joshua Heschel Quotes: Speech has power. Words do not fade. What starts out as a sound, ends in a deed.
         

Speech has power. Words do not fade. What starts out as a sound, ends in a deed.


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In any free society where terrible wrongs exist, some are guilty - all are responsible.



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The opposite of good is not evil, the opposite of good is indifference.



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Indifference to evil is more insidious than evil itself. It is a silent justification affording evil acceptability in society.



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When I marched with Martin Luther King in Selma, I felt my legs were praying.



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