We have a powerful potential in out youth, and we must have the courage to change old ideas and practices so that we may direct their power toward good ends. (Mary McLeod Bethune)

We have a powerful potential in out youth, and we must have the courage to change old ideas and practices so that we may direct their power toward good ends.

Mary McLeod Bethune

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