Almost always, the creative dedicated minority has made the world better.
Interpretation
Creative and dedicated individuals often drive positive change in the world.
This quote emphasizes the impact that a small but passionate group of individuals can have on society. It highlights the idea that it is often the innovative and committed minority who challenge the status quo, inspire others, and ultimately contribute to significant advancements and improvements in the world.
In practice
In a speech about innovation at a conference, I could use this quote to highlight the importance of passionate individuals.
This business of burning human beings with napalm, of filling our nation's homes with orphans and widows, of injecting poisonous drugs of hate into veins of peoples normally humane, of sending men home from dark and bloody battlefields physically handicapped and psychologically deranged, cannot be reconciled with wisdom, justice and love.
Music is the best consolation for a despaired man
We must meet the forces of hate with the power of love.
We may have all come on different ships, but we're in the same boat now.
Israel... is one of the great outpost of democracy in the world
One of the greatest casualties of the war in Vietnam is the Great Society... shot down on the battlefield of Vietnam.
When women put their heads together, powerful things can happen!
The only thing that gets me back to directing is good scripts.
I would like to be known as an intelligent woman, a courageous woman, a loving woman, a woman who teaches by being.
Along your pathway of life you will observe that you are not the only traveler. There are others who need your help. There are feet to steady, hands to grasp, minds to encourage, hearts to inspire, and souls to save.
Hope - Hope in the face of difficulty. Hope in the face of uncertainty. The audacity of hope!
I go out on publicity tours for my books, and, you know, Latinos, they bring everybody in the family to everything, even little kids. So I always ask the kids, 'Who wants to be the first Latino President?' It used to be no hands went up, or maybe one or two. Now, with Obama, many of the little hands go up. It will happen in my lifetime.
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