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Marian Wright Edelman

Service is the rent we pay for being. It is the very purpose of life, and not something you do in your spare time.

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Living means we owe a responsibility to help others, as if it’s a fee for existing. This duty is central to life itself, not just an occasional activity when we have free time.

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