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"Stand before the people you fear and speak your mind - even if your voice shakes."
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Maggie Kuhn
"Stand before the people you fear and speak your mind - even if your voice shakes."
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"It's the little things citizens do. That's what will make the difference. My little thing is planting trees."
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Wangari Maathai
"It's the little things citizens do. That's what will make the difference. My little thing is planting trees."
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"Sons of Islam everywhere, the jihad is a duty - to establish the rule of Allah on earth and to liberate your countries and yourselves from America's domination and its Zionist allies, it is your battle - either victory or martyrdom."
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Ahmed Yassin
"Sons of Islam everywhere, the jihad is a duty - to establish the rule of Allah on earth and to liberate your countries and yourselves from America's domination and its Zionist allies, it is your battle - either victory or martyrdom."
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"I would like to be remembered as a person who wanted to be free... so other people would be also free."
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Rosa Parks
"I would like to be remembered as a person who wanted to be free... so other people would be also free."
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"A man in my situation, my lords, has not only to encounter the difficulties of fortune. and the force of power over minds which it has corrupted or subjugated. but the difficulties of established prejudice: the man dies, but his memory lives."
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Robert Emmet
"A man in my situation, my lords, has not only to encounter the difficulties of fortune. and the force of power over minds which it has corrupted or subjugated. but the difficulties of established prejudice: the man dies, but his memory lives."
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"No one has yet realized the wealth of sympathy, the kindness and generosity hidden in the soul of a child. The effort of every true education should be to unlock that treasure."
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Emma Goldman
"No one has yet realized the wealth of sympathy, the kindness and generosity hidden in the soul of a child. The effort of every true education should be to unlock that treasure."
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"Our Prophet was a radical too- he fought against the injustices of his community and challenged the feudal order of his society, so they called him a radical. So what? We should be proud of that!"
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Abu Bakar Bashir
"Our Prophet was a radical too- he fought against the injustices of his community and challenged the feudal order of his society, so they called him a radical. So what? We should be proud of that!"
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"Happiness exists on earth, and it is won through prudent exercise of reason, knowledge of the harmony of the universe, and constant practice of generosity."
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Jose Marti
"Happiness exists on earth, and it is won through prudent exercise of reason, knowledge of the harmony of the universe, and constant practice of generosity."
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"People deal too much with the negative, with what is wrong. Why not try and see positive things, to just touch those things and make them bloom?"
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Thich Nhat Hanh
"People deal too much with the negative, with what is wrong. Why not try and see positive things, to just touch those things and make them bloom?"
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"Black man, you are on your own."
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Steven Biko
"Black man, you are on your own."
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"Arab leaders worry more about making money from the profits they get from oil and gas that they turn the other way when Lebanon is being destroyed right next to them. Their neighbours are being murdered, but they only make calculations for their own benefit."
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Abu Bakar Bashir
"Arab leaders worry more about making money from the profits they get from oil and gas that they turn the other way when Lebanon is being destroyed right next to them. Their neighbours are being murdered, but they only make calculations for their own benefit."
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"Resistance in Palestine will continue until the final liberation of all the Palestinian lands."
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Ahmed Yassin
"Resistance in Palestine will continue until the final liberation of all the Palestinian lands."
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"Merely by describing yourself as black you have started on a road towards emancipation, you have committed yourself to fight against all forces that seek to use your blackness as a stamp that marks you out as a subservient being."
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Steven Biko
"Merely by describing yourself as black you have started on a road towards emancipation, you have committed yourself to fight against all forces that seek to use your blackness as a stamp that marks you out as a subservient being."
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"The value systems of those with access to power and of those far removed from such access cannot be the same. The viewpoint of the privileged is unlike that of the underprivileged."
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Aung San Suu Kyi
"The value systems of those with access to power and of those far removed from such access cannot be the same. The viewpoint of the privileged is unlike that of the underprivileged."
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"In a few decades, the relationship between the environment, resources and conflict may seem almost as obvious as the connection we see today between human rights, democracy and peace."
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Wangari Maathai
"In a few decades, the relationship between the environment, resources and conflict may seem almost as obvious as the connection we see today between human rights, democracy and peace."
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"We need to promote development that does not destroy our environment."
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Wangari Maathai
"We need to promote development that does not destroy our environment."
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"But when women are moved and lend help, when women, who are by nature calm and controlled, give encouragement and applause, when virtuous and knowledgeable women grace the endeavor with their sweet love, then it is invincible."
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Jose Marti
"But when women are moved and lend help, when women, who are by nature calm and controlled, give encouragement and applause, when virtuous and knowledgeable women grace the endeavor with their sweet love, then it is invincible."
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"Likewise the leader of any state has to do the same, he has to enforce Shariah firmly, for he will be held in account later in the afterlife if he fails."
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Abu Bakar Bashir
"Likewise the leader of any state has to do the same, he has to enforce Shariah firmly, for he will be held in account later in the afterlife if he fails."
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"Days will prove that the assassination policy will not finish the Hamas. Hamas leaders wish to be martyrs and are not scared of death. Jihad will continue and the resistance will continue until we have victory, or we will be martyrs."
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Ahmed Yassin
"Days will prove that the assassination policy will not finish the Hamas. Hamas leaders wish to be martyrs and are not scared of death. Jihad will continue and the resistance will continue until we have victory, or we will be martyrs."
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"I think Israel will think one thousands times before invading Gaza."
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Ahmed Yassin
"I think Israel will think one thousands times before invading Gaza."
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"We are very fond of blaming the poor for destroying the environment. But often it is the powerful, including governments, that are responsible."
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Wangari Maathai
"We are very fond of blaming the poor for destroying the environment. But often it is the powerful, including governments, that are responsible."
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"Israel, as the Jewish state, must disappear from the map."
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Ahmed Yassin
"Israel, as the Jewish state, must disappear from the map."
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"We really have to understand the person we want to love. If our love is only a will to possess, it is not love. If we only think of ourselves, if we know only our own needs and ignore the needs of the other person, we cannot love."
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Thich Nhat Hanh
"We really have to understand the person we want to love. If our love is only a will to possess, it is not love. If we only think of ourselves, if we know only our own needs and ignore the needs of the other person, we cannot love."
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"He who does not see things in their depth should not call himself a radical."
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Jose Marti
"He who does not see things in their depth should not call himself a radical."
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"What Bill Clinton did to us was cruel. The White House gave my attorneys indications that there was a good chance for my clemency to be granted. I had to prepare myself for being released because there was no sign that my petition would be denied."
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Leonard Peltier
"What Bill Clinton did to us was cruel. The White House gave my attorneys indications that there was a good chance for my clemency to be granted. I had to prepare myself for being released because there was no sign that my petition would be denied."
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"Labor Day is devoted to no man, living or dead, to no sect, race or nation."
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Samuel Gompers
"Labor Day is devoted to no man, living or dead, to no sect, race or nation."
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"Hamas' battle is against the Zionist occupation in the Palestinian land. Hamas has no desire to change its battlefield."
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Ahmed Yassin
"Hamas' battle is against the Zionist occupation in the Palestinian land. Hamas has no desire to change its battlefield."
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"Let us make our future now, and let us make our dreams tomorrow's reality."
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Malala Yousafzai
"Let us make our future now, and let us make our dreams tomorrow's reality."
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"The FBI has always supported big business and big government."
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Leonard Peltier
"The FBI has always supported big business and big government."
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"Oil wealth has been a curse on us, made us weak and docile."
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Abu Bakar Bashir
"Oil wealth has been a curse on us, made us weak and docile."
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"African women in general need to know that it's OK for them to be the way they are - to see the way they are as a strength, and to be liberated from fear and from silence."
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Wangari Maathai
"African women in general need to know that it's OK for them to be the way they are - to see the way they are as a strength, and to be liberated from fear and from silence."
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"Women are responsible for their children, they cannot sit back, waste time and see them starve."
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Wangari Maathai
"Women are responsible for their children, they cannot sit back, waste time and see them starve."
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"Laws are to be enforced justly but firmly, with an iron hand. This is the case anywhere, even in a family."
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Abu Bakar Bashir
"Laws are to be enforced justly but firmly, with an iron hand. This is the case anywhere, even in a family."
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"I don't want Burma to be a basket case forever."
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Daw Aung San Suu Kyi
"I don't want Burma to be a basket case forever."
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"Today the Western powers and media want to domesticate us like sheep, to keep us tame and domesticated."
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Abu Bakar Bashir
"Today the Western powers and media want to domesticate us like sheep, to keep us tame and domesticated."
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"What honour have we got left, when nobody is listening to us?"
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Abu Bakar Bashir
"What honour have we got left, when nobody is listening to us?"
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"We will not change in matters of policy until such time as dialogue has begun."
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Daw Aung San Suu Kyi
"We will not change in matters of policy until such time as dialogue has begun."
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"The Palestinian situation is different. We can have military cooperation with other factions in the Palestinian territories. But we cannot have this with Hizbullah in Lebanon."
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Ahmed Yassin
"The Palestinian situation is different. We can have military cooperation with other factions in the Palestinian territories. But we cannot have this with Hizbullah in Lebanon."
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"Our revenge will be the laughter of our children."
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Bobby Sands
"Our revenge will be the laughter of our children."
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"Our main battle has always been against Israeli soldiers and Jewish settlers."
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Ahmed Yassin
"Our main battle has always been against Israeli soldiers and Jewish settlers."
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"We did not fight the Americans or the Europeans. We fight only the Israeli enemy that took our homes and homeland."
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Ahmed Yassin
"We did not fight the Americans or the Europeans. We fight only the Israeli enemy that took our homes and homeland."
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"We cannot appeal to the conscience of the world when our own conscience is asleep."
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Carl von Ossietzky
"We cannot appeal to the conscience of the world when our own conscience is asleep."
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"Bosnia is a complicated country: three religions, three nations and those "others". Nationalism is strong in all three nations; in two of them there are a lot of racism, chauvinism, separatism; and now we are supposed to make a state out of that."
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Alija Izetbegovic
"Bosnia is a complicated country: three religions, three nations and those "others". Nationalism is strong in all three nations; in two of them there are a lot of racism, chauvinism, separatism; and now we are supposed to make a state out of that."
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"We hold our heads high, despite the price we have paid, because freedom is priceless."
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Lech Walesa
"We hold our heads high, despite the price we have paid, because freedom is priceless."
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"One just principle from the depths of a cave is more powerful than an army."
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Jose Marti
"One just principle from the depths of a cave is more powerful than an army."
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"We wish that all countries around the world honor our wishes and our Jihad, and we avoid interfering in their business."
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Ahmed Yassin
"We wish that all countries around the world honor our wishes and our Jihad, and we avoid interfering in their business."
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"Our strategy is to defend ourselves against an occupying army and against settlers and settlements."
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Ahmed Yassin
"Our strategy is to defend ourselves against an occupying army and against settlers and settlements."
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"The attacks inside Israel are operations we carry out in response to Israeli crimes against our people."
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Ahmed Yassin
"The attacks inside Israel are operations we carry out in response to Israeli crimes against our people."
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"Peace as a goal is an ideal which will not be contested by any government or nation, not even the most belligerent."
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Aung San Suu Kyi
"Peace as a goal is an ideal which will not be contested by any government or nation, not even the most belligerent."
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"I saw many aspects of the country which I needed to see in order that I might know what we need to do."
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Daw Aung San Suu Kyi
"I saw many aspects of the country which I needed to see in order that I might know what we need to do."
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