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Quotes by Activist
"One cannot be too extreme in dealing with social ills; the extreme thing is generally the true thing."
153
"I am working to make sure we don't only protect the environment, we also improve governance."
152
"There is so much that we need to do for our country. I don't think that we can afford to wait."
151
"Anarchism is the great liberator of man from the phantoms that have held him captive; it is the arbiter and pacifier of the two forces for individual and social harmony."
151
"Confidence-building is not something that can go on forever. If it goes on forever then it becomes counterproductive."
151
"Our national history has so often filled us with bitterness and the feeling of helplessness."
150
"Since Israel does not differentiate between attacking this group or that, we are saying our people can work individually or collectively to face this aggression."
150
"In all cases our stance will be determined by what serves the interests of the Palestinian people."
150
"Direct action is the logical, consistent method of Anarchism."
149
"In the past there was a difference between the conditions in which Hizballah operated in Lebanon and the conditions of resistance operated in Palestine."
149
"Humility is a great quality of leadership which derives respect and not just fear or hatred."
148
"What use is revelation or religion if it doesnt change anything?"
148
"History has proven that the PLO and its sectors suffered great damage when walking the way of harming Zionist interests in other countries around the world."
147
"The ultimate end of all revolutionary social change is to establish the sanctity of human life, the dignity of man, the right of every human being to liberty and well-being."
147
"The Afghans did not have sophisticated weapons like the Soviets did, but with their faith they defeated a superpower."
146
"I was surprised by the response of young people because there is a perception that those younger than the 1988 generation are not interested in politics."
145
"The history of the world shows that peoples and societies do not have to pass through a fixed series of stages in the course of development."
145
"To use for our exclusive benefit what is not ours is theft."
144
"But if Sharon wants to occupy Gaza, let him come. Israel will pay the price."
144
"Where are the Muslim people's sponsors? Where are its kings? Where are its leaders? The Muslim people is calling upon you, Jerusalem is appealing to you, will anyone answer?"
142
"No real social change has ever been brought about without a revolution... revolution is but thought carried into action."
142
"There is no such thing as security. There never has been."
141
"We have women working in the foundries, stripped to the waist, if you please, because of the heat."
138
"Women need not always keep their mouths shut and their wombs open."
138
"The wretch who lives without freedom feels like dressing in the mud from the streets Those who have you, o Liberty, do not know. you. Those who do not have you should not speak of you, but win you."
138
"Woman, essentially a purist, is naturally bigoted and relentless in her effort to make others as good as she thinks they ought to be."
137
"There are house demolitions and destruction all over the West Bank and Gaza. Just yesterday in Gaza they demolished three towers under the pretext that they were built close to a settlement."
137
"On rare occasions one does hear of a miraculous case of a married couple falling in love after marriage, but on close examination it will be found that it is a mere adjustment to the inevitable."
136
"By working hard we could make an average of about $5 a week. We would have made more but had to provide our own machines, which cost us $45, we paying for them on the installment plan. We paid $5 down and $1 a month after that."
136
"If it is in the interest of the Palestinian people to have a hudna, we'll have a hudna. If it isn't, we won't."
136
"To the moralist prostitution does not consist so much in the fact that the woman sells her body, but rather that she sells it out of wedlock."
136
"I have been free for more than a month. Some people may think that that is long enough. Others may think that that is not quite long enough."
136
"Puritanism, in whatever expression, is a poisonous germ. On the surface everything may look strong and vigorous; yet the poison works its way persistently, until the entire fabric is doomed."
131
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