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Abraham Cohen (Jacob's son)

 

"Each time a man stands up for an ideal, or acts to improve the lot of others, or strikes out against injustice, he sends a tiny ripple of hope, and crossing each other from a million different centers of energy and daring those ripples build a current which can sweep down the mightiest walls of oppression and resistance."

 

-Page Smith (founding provost of UC-Santa Cruise) from an interview following his resignation over the denial of tenure to one of UCSC's outstanding teachers.

 

Nobel Peace Prize