I am not ashamed to confess that twenty-five years ago I was a hired laborer; hauling rails, at work on a flatboat—just what might happen to any poor man’s son. I want every man to have [a] chance.

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"Let us at all times remember that all American citizens are brothers of a common country, and should dwell together in the bonds of fraternal feeling."

- Abraham Lincoln, 1860

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"You are the hope of Israel, ‘children of the promised day’!"

- President Russell M. Nelson

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"If you can dream it, you can do it."

- Walt Disney

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"Never give up on a dream just because of the time it will take to accomplish it. The time will pass anyway."

- Earl Nightingale

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"You dream. You plan. You reach. There will be obstacles. There will be doubters. There will be mistakes. But with hard work, with belief, with confidence and trust in yourself and those around you, there are no limits."

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"Everyone's dream can come true if you just stick to it and work hard."

- Serena Williams

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