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"Sometimes your joy is the source of your smile, but sometimes your smile can be the source of your joy."
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Nhat Hanh
"Sometimes your joy is the source of your smile, but sometimes your smile can be the source of your joy."
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"Sexual, racial, gender violence and other forms of discrimination and violence in a culture cannot be eliminated without changing culture."
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Charlotte Bunch
"Sexual, racial, gender violence and other forms of discrimination and violence in a culture cannot be eliminated without changing culture."
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"Our national history has so often filled us with bitterness and the feeling of helplessness."
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Lech Walesa
"Our national history has so often filled us with bitterness and the feeling of helplessness."
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"If I survive, I will spend my whole life at the oven door seeing that no one is denied bread and, so as to give a lesson of charity, especially those who did not bring flour."
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Jose Marti
"If I survive, I will spend my whole life at the oven door seeing that no one is denied bread and, so as to give a lesson of charity, especially those who did not bring flour."
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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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"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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"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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"To use for our exclusive benefit what is not ours is theft."
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Jose Marti
"To use for our exclusive benefit what is not ours is theft."
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"One cannot be too extreme in dealing with social ills; the extreme thing is generally the true thing."
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Emma Goldman
"One cannot be too extreme in dealing with social ills; the extreme thing is generally the true thing."
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"What use is revelation or religion if it doesnt change anything?"
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Abu Bakar Bashir
"What use is revelation or religion if it doesnt change anything?"
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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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"But if Sharon wants to occupy Gaza, let him come. Israel will pay the price."
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Ahmed Yassin
"But if Sharon wants to occupy Gaza, let him come. Israel will pay the price."
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"Some say that AIDS came from the monkeys, and I doubt that because we have been living with monkeys from time immemorial, others say it was a curse from God, but I say it cannot be that."
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Wangari Maathai
"Some say that AIDS came from the monkeys, and I doubt that because we have been living with monkeys from time immemorial, others say it was a curse from God, but I say it cannot be that."
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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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"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."
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Jose Marti
"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."
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"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."
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Ahmed Yassin
"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."
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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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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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"All in all this is a difficult political struggle which will go on for years, in which our people won't die anymore; I'm not sure how much we will be able to win, but I'm certain that we won't loose anything that we have now."
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Alija Izetbegovic
"All in all this is a difficult political struggle which will go on for years, in which our people won't die anymore; I'm not sure how much we will be able to win, but I'm certain that we won't loose anything that we have now."
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"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."
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Emma Goldman
"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."
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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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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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"Once serious political dialogue has begun, the international community can assume that we have achieved genuine progress along the road to real democratisation."
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Daw Aung San Suu Kyi
"Once serious political dialogue has begun, the international community can assume that we have achieved genuine progress along the road to real democratisation."
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"But the leaders of the OIC could not even accept Mahathir's proposal, yet they talk about respect and honour."
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Abu Bakar Bashir
"But the leaders of the OIC could not even accept Mahathir's proposal, yet they talk about respect and honour."
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"The reason why I have survived as long as I have survived is what my friends, comrades and supporters thought was an extraordinarily cautious approach."
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Ernst Zundel
"The reason why I have survived as long as I have survived is what my friends, comrades and supporters thought was an extraordinarily cautious approach."
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"In all cases our stance will be determined by what serves the interests of the Palestinian people."
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Ahmed Yassin
"In all cases our stance will be determined by what serves the interests of the Palestinian people."
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"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."
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Emma Goldman
"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."
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"The worker must have bread, but she must have roses, too. Help, you women of privilege, give her the ballot to fight with."
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Rose Schneiderman
"The worker must have bread, but she must have roses, too. Help, you women of privilege, give her the ballot to fight with."
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"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."
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Rose Schneiderman
"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."
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"I read upon the subject and grew more and more interested, and after a time I became a member of the National Board, and had duties and responsibilities that kept me busy after my day's work was done."
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Rose Schneiderman
"I read upon the subject and grew more and more interested, and after a time I became a member of the National Board, and had duties and responsibilities that kept me busy after my day's work was done."
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"A grain of poetry suffices to season a century."
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Jose Marti
"A grain of poetry suffices to season a century."
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"Direct action is the logical, consistent method of Anarchism."
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Emma Goldman
"Direct action is the logical, consistent method of Anarchism."
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"I told myself, Malala, you have already faced death. This is your second life. Don't be afraid - if you are afraid, you can't move forward."
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Malala Yousafzai
"I told myself, Malala, you have already faced death. This is your second life. Don't be afraid - if you are afraid, you can't move forward."
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"When we think of the state of the economy, we are not thinking in terms of money flow. We are thinking in terms of the effect on everyday lives of people."
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Daw Aung San Suu Kyi
"When we think of the state of the economy, we are not thinking in terms of money flow. We are thinking in terms of the effect on everyday lives of people."
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"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."
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Daw Aung San Suu Kyi
"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."
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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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"Women need not always keep their mouths shut and their wombs open."
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Emma Goldman
"Women need not always keep their mouths shut and their wombs open."
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"Man is a living duty, a depository of powers that he must not leave in a brute state. Man is a wing."
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Jose Marti
"Man is a living duty, a depository of powers that he must not leave in a brute state. Man is a wing."
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"We are not out to boast that there is so much percentage of growth per year. Our real concern is how it affects the lives of people, the future of our country."
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Daw Aung San Suu Kyi
"We are not out to boast that there is so much percentage of growth per year. Our real concern is how it affects the lives of people, the future of our country."
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"Woman, essentially a purist, is naturally bigoted and relentless in her effort to make others as good as she thinks they ought to be."
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Emma Goldman
"Woman, essentially a purist, is naturally bigoted and relentless in her effort to make others as good as she thinks they ought to be."
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"I am working to make sure we don't only protect the environment, we also improve governance."
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Wangari Maathai
"I am working to make sure we don't only protect the environment, we also improve governance."
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"We have women working in the foundries, stripped to the waist, if you please, because of the heat."
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Rose Schneiderman
"We have women working in the foundries, stripped to the waist, if you please, because of the heat."
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"Humility is a great quality of leadership which derives respect and not just fear or hatred."
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Yousef Munayyer
"Humility is a great quality of leadership which derives respect and not just fear or hatred."
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"Crime is naught but misdirected energy."
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Emma Goldman
"Crime is naught but misdirected energy."
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"In the past there was a difference between the conditions in which Hizballah operated in Lebanon and the conditions of resistance operated in Palestine."
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Ahmed Yassin
"In the past there was a difference between the conditions in which Hizballah operated in Lebanon and the conditions of resistance operated in Palestine."
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"In these negotiations we are not a helpless object, although great world powers are involved. We play an active role and try to influence our destiny; we have our own trump cards and we use them."
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Alija Izetbegovic
"In these negotiations we are not a helpless object, although great world powers are involved. We play an active role and try to influence our destiny; we have our own trump cards and we use them."
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"Whatever help we may want from the international community now or in the future, we want to make sure that this help is tailored to help our people to help themselves."
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Daw Aung San Suu Kyi
"Whatever help we may want from the international community now or in the future, we want to make sure that this help is tailored to help our people to help themselves."
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"As far as the sovereignty of Bosnia-Hercegovina is concerned we agreed to have limited sovereignty for a limited time and that is clear from the Dayton Agreement."
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Alija Izetbegovic
"As far as the sovereignty of Bosnia-Hercegovina is concerned we agreed to have limited sovereignty for a limited time and that is clear from the Dayton Agreement."
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"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."
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Ahmed Yassin
"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."
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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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"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?"
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Ahmed Yassin
"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?"
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"Confidence-building is not something that can go on forever. If it goes on forever then it becomes counterproductive."
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Daw Aung San Suu Kyi
"Confidence-building is not something that can go on forever. If it goes on forever then it becomes counterproductive."
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