Eleanor RooseveltLest I keep my complacent way I must remember somewhere out there a person died for me today. As long as there must be war, I ask and I must answer was I worth dying for?
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Lest I keep my complacent way I must remember somewhere out there a person died for me today. As long as there must be war, I ask and I must answer was I worth dying for? When you are in the thick of it, it’s hard to remember that people died for you. The only thing that makes you feel like you are making a difference is when someone dies. At that moment, you realize that you are doing something worthwhile.
That is the only time when the fight seems worth it. It’s important to remember that even though people died, they didn’t die in vain. They died so you could live and so your family could grow and so many other families could be made whole again.
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