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Alan Paton Quotes: To give up the task of reforming society is to give up one's responsibility as a free man.
         

To give up the task of reforming society is to give up one's responsibility as a free man.


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I have always found that actively loving saves one from a morbid preoccupation with the shortcomings of society.



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But the one thing that has power completely is love, because when a man loves, he seeks no power, and therefore he has power.



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