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Power is not an inheritance to be defended blindly; it is a trust to be exercised justly. When we collapse that distinction, we endanger not only others but ultimately ourselves.

— Chidi Odinkalu

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To question power, even when it is our own, is not sabotage but responsibility.

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Parents are the first line of human rights workers.

To insist on fairness, even when it costs us influence, is not weakness but strength.

To defend what is right when it is inconvenient is not betrayal, but leadership.

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