Ali Abbasi: If you could put a message on a giant billboard, what would it say and why?

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If you could put a message on a giant billboard, what would it say and why?

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first published 11 Sep 2026

Get uncomfortable. That's where growth lives.

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John McCain United States Senator from Arizona, 1987–2018; U.S. Representative 1983–1987; Republican nominee for President in 2008

Do not despair of our present difficulties but believe always in the promise and greatness of America, because nothing is inevitable here. Americans never quit. We never surrender. We never hide from history. We make history.

Recorded Statement read by Rick Davis to reporters after McCain's death, CNN, 27 August 2018 source ↗

Ronald Reagan 40th President of the United States, 1981–1989; Governor of California 1967–1975

And let me offer lesson number one about America: All great change in America begins at the dinner table. So, tomorrow night in the kitchen I hope the talking begins. And children, if your parents haven't been teaching you what it means to be an American, let 'em know and nail 'em on it. That would be a very American thing to do.

Recorded Oval Office, The White House, Ronald Reagan Presidential Library and Museum, 11 January 1989 source ↗

Jimmy Carter 39th President of the United States, 1977–1981; Governor of Georgia 1971–1975

War may sometimes be a necessary evil. But no matter how necessary, it is always an evil, never a good. We will not learn how to live together in peace by killing each other's children.

Recorded Oslo City Hall, The Nobel Foundation, 10 December 2002 source ↗

Malala Yousafzai Education campaigner; co-founder of the Malala Fund; United Nations Messenger of Peace

Why is it that countries which we call strong are so powerful in creating wars but are so weak in bringing peace? Why is it that giving guns is so easy but giving books is so hard? Why is it, why is it that making tanks is so easy, but building schools is so hard?

Recorded Oslo City Hall, The Nobel Foundation, 10 December 2014 source ↗

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