"Time is neutral and does not change things. With courage and initiative, leaders change things.“

-Jesse Jackson

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"On the political front, of course it's a zero-sum game. If it's all white males holding positions, you bring 10 women in, then it's, 'Women are coming!' Get 10 blacks and it's, 'Blacks are coming!' 'Hispanics are coming!' Zero-sum game. The seatmates might change but the chairs don't move. In the economy, the number of chairs can actually increase."

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"Time is neutral and does not change things. With courage and initiative, leaders change things."

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"Both tears and sweat are salty, but they render a different result. Tears will get you sympathy sweat will get you change."

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"Success needs no explanation. Failure does not have one that matters."

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"It is a historical error for those who were not there to just refer to August 28th as 'I Have a Dream' speech day. That is a real disservice to those who were there. It was a sad day. It was not a celebration environment."

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"The relationship between the prophet and the President, the priest and the President, is a sacred one."

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"What creates freedom? A revolution in the streets? Mass protest? Civil war? A change of government? The ousting of the old guard and its replacement by the new? History, more often than not, shows that hopes raised by such events are often dashed, sooner rather than later."

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"Most of what needs to be changed in the euro zone can be done without treaty changes. The demand for treaty change is as political as it is legal and I don't think it's going to happen soon."

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