I have an almost complete disregard of precedent, and a faith in the possibility of something better. It … - Clara Barton

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It takes a strong character for a person to say, 'I can't do it.

Clara Barton

I have an almost complete disregard of precedent, and a faith in the possibility of something better. It irritates me to be told how things have always been done. I defy the tyranny of precedent. I go for anything new that might improve the past.

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You must never so much think as whether you like it or not, whether it is bearable or not; you must never think of anything except the need, and how to meet it.

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I may be compelled to face danger, but never fear it, and while our soldiers can stand and fight, I can stand and feed and nurse them.

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It irritates me to be told how things have always been done. I defy the tyranny of precedent. I cannot afford the luxury of a closed mind.

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The door that nobody else will go in at, seems always to swing open widely for me.

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The Red Cross in its nature, it aims and purposes, and consequently, its methods, is unlike any other organization in the country. It is an organization of physical action, of instantaneous action, at the spur of the moment; it cannot await the ordinary deliberation of organized bodies if it would be of use to suffering humanity,[ellipsis in original] it has by its nature a field of its own.

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