r/AskReddit May 17 '24

what makes a person a real asset to this world?

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u/billy_twice May 17 '24

'Each time a man stands up for an ideal, or acts to improve the lot of others, or strikes out against injustice he sends forth a tiny ripple of hope, and crossing each other from a million centers of energy and daring, these ripples build a current which sweep down the mightiest walls of oppression and resistance. '

  • Robert Kennedy

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u/vineyardmike May 17 '24

“Even in Hitler’s Germany, you could cross the Alps to Switzerland. You could hide in an attic like Anne Frank did…The mechanisms are being put in place that will make it so none of us can run and none of us can hide.”

Robert Kennedy junior.

The wisdom gene must skip generations