The arc of history has shown that human destiny is what we make of it.

WHITEHOUSE: Presidential Proclamation -- World Freedom Day

Their courageous struggles and ultimate success and the enduring conviction of all who keep the light of freedom alive remind us that human destiny will be what we make of it.

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Lying here, she is one of us, subject to the common destiny of all human beings.

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When Martin Luther declared that human beings cannot choose their destiny, Erasmus defended free will.

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They insisted the world could change -- and knowing that destiny is what human beings make of it, they courageously realized the change they sought.

WHITEHOUSE: Presidential Proclamation -- World Freedom Day, 2012

It is China's extraordinary human resources that will lift it to its rightful destiny of leadership and widely held prosperity in the 21st century.

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You accept color differences, affirm them, celebrate them, but don't allow them to become a barrier to human community, " said Baldwin, author of a new King book, "In A Single Garment of Destiny: A Global Vision of Justice.

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