To give up the task of reforming society is to give up one’s responsibility as a free man.
ALAN PATON
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Alan PatonAlan Paton Let him not be too moved when the birds of his land are singing.
Alan PatonAlan Paton I have always found that actively loving saves one from a morbid preoccupation with the shortcomings of society.
Alan PatonAlan Paton And were your back as broad as heaven, and your purse full of gold, and did your compassion reach from here to hell itself, there is nothing you can do.
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Alan PatonAlan Paton Keep it, guard it, care for it, for it keeps men, guards men, cares for men. Destroy it and man is destroyed.
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