Stand Up For What You Believe

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Everyone has a voice, whether you want to or not, so you might as well use the voice that you were gifted with. Start a protest, host a public speech, start a committee, you can achieve many great things if you stand up for what you believe in. Don’t put it off and procrastinate your ideas, you never know what you might achieve all because you decide to stand up for what you believe in.
The best part of standing up for what you believe in is, that you don’t need a lot of effort. All you have to do is change your mindset, and apply yourself. If you believe that you can change something, whatever that may be, you can achieve many great things. You don’t need anyone else other than yourself to make an impact. In the end, it's just going to be

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