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‘No One Can Make You Feel Inferior Without Your Consent’: An Almost-Quote
The most famous Eleanor Roosevelt line is a paraphrase of a paraphrase.
Articles tagged “civil-rights” on The Quoted Mind.
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The most famous Eleanor Roosevelt line is a paraphrase of a paraphrase.
An essay line from the New York Times in 1962 that has outlasted the occasion that produced it.
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The most famous line attributed to Gandhi is a paraphrase of something subtler.
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The most famous line in King's late speeches — and where he got it.
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A passage from Strength to Love that has become one of the defining sentences of nonviolent resistance.
How a 1978 poem became a worldwide anthem — and why its most-quoted line is often misread.