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Fred Rogers

The strongest man on television was the gentlest.

Fred Rogers — still7:54

Gentleness as a disciplined, courageous strength. The minister who aimed a cynical machine at kindness, disarmed a U.S. Senate hearing in six minutes, and held his body to 143 pounds — his private code for ‘I love you.’

Sources
  • 1969 U.S. Senate Subcommittee testimony (transcript, current.org)
  • Tom Junod, “Can You Say… Hero?”, Esquire (1999)