"Jackie Robinson, as an athlete and as someone who was trying to make a stand for equality, he was exemplary."

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"Jackie Robinson, as an athlete and as someone who was trying to make a stand for equality, he was exemplary."

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"If only one generation takes action in raising their children as humans, rather than raising boys and girls, the future human civilization shall get rid of the sinister phenomenon of misogyny sooner than you can imagine."

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"Most gay men are as sexist in their thinking as are heterosexuals. Their patriarchal thinking leads them to construct paradigms of desirable sexual behaviour that is similar to that of patriarchal straight men."

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"Everybody that is born on the surface of this earth, has this wealth called time."

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"Coming generations will learn equality from poverty, and love from woes."

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"When you realise you are just as ridiculous & just as #special as everyone else, you love them all."

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"Neither Pagan nor Mahamedan nor Jew ought to be excluded from the civil rights of the Commonwealth because of his religion. -quoting John Locke's argument."

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"His lordship may compel us to be equal upstairs, but there will never be equality in the servants' hall."

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"We are all endowed with the wealth of time equally."

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"Today we must remove distinctions of high and low, rich and poor, caste or creed."

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"If a man chooses to be promiscuous, he may still turn up his nose at promiscuity. He may still demand a woman be faithful to him, to save him from his own lust. But women have lust, too. Why should they be relegated to the position of custodian of emotions, watcher of the infants, feeder of soul,body and pride of man?"

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