Progress is not inevitable; it requires constant effort and ... - Harriet Martineau

"Progress is not inevitable; it requires constant effort and vigilance from every member of society."

Harriet Martineau Change

Sociologist Writer British 1802–1876

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"If we would have anything of value, we must earn it by labor."

"I am naturally a dissenter and a rebel, and I have my own thoughts."

"The true object of education should be to make people not merely docile, but free."

"No one can be really free while bound by debt."

"Change brings new opportunities."

"Every day is a new opportunity."

"Healing doesn't mean forgetting."

"You either get better or you get bitter."