To fight for one's country, to offer one's very life to promote the well being of the United … - Walter Dean Myers

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We indeed did and do own our own minds and bodies, and anything from church or state that limits that is inappropriate and inconsistent with the. . . society that America is supposed to be.

Walter Dean Myers

To fight for one's country, to offer one's very life to promote the well being of the United States, is truly a noble undertaking. But so is the vigilance of the citizen who carefully examines our leaders to see if political problems are being solved by wars simply because this seems to be the easiest solution.

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Books transmit values. They explore our common humanity. What is the message when some children are not represented in those books?

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I think it's difficult for young people to acknowledge being smart, to knowledge being a reader. I see kids who are embarrassed to read books. They're embarrassed to have people see them doing it.

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When I began to read, I began to exist

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We need to tell young people that America was built by men and women of all colors and that the future of this country is dependent on the participation of all of our citizens.

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Cutting people out of your life is easy, keeping them in is hard.

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