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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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"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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"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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"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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"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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"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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"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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"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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"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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"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."
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Emma Goldman
"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."
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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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"There is so much that we need to do for our country. I don't think that we can afford to wait."
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Daw Aung San Suu Kyi
"There is so much that we need to do for our country. I don't think that we can afford to wait."
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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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"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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"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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"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."
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Ahmed Yassin
"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."
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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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"Crime is naught but misdirected energy."
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Emma Goldman
"Crime is naught but misdirected energy."
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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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"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 Afghans did not have sophisticated weapons like the Soviets did, but with their faith they defeated a superpower."
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Abu Bakar Bashir
"The Afghans did not have sophisticated weapons like the Soviets did, but with their faith they defeated a superpower."
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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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"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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"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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"I believe that the people, instead of pretty lies, should be told the truth, no matter how ugly it may be. What can we do, destiny hasn't been kind to us; but, with the help of God, we will prevail."
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Alija Izetbegovic
"I believe that the people, instead of pretty lies, should be told the truth, no matter how ugly it may be. What can we do, destiny hasn't been kind to us; but, with the help of God, we will prevail."
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"It's a matter of life and death for this country. The Kenyan forests are facing extinction and it is a man-made problem."
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Wangari Maathai
"It's a matter of life and death for this country. The Kenyan forests are facing extinction and it is a man-made problem."
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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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"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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"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."
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Aung San Suu Kyi
"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."
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"We want to empower our people; we want to strengthen them; we want to provide them with the kind of qualifications that will enable them to build up their own country themselves."
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Daw Aung San Suu Kyi
"We want to empower our people; we want to strengthen them; we want to provide them with the kind of qualifications that will enable them to build up their own country themselves."
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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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"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."
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Ahmed Yassin
"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."
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"No real social change has ever been brought about without a revolution... revolution is but thought carried into action."
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Emma Goldman
"No real social change has ever been brought about without a revolution... revolution is but thought carried into action."
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"Human beings the world over need freedom and security that they may be able to realize their full potential."
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Aung San Suu Kyi
"Human beings the world over need freedom and security that they may be able to realize their full potential."
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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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"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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"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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"There is no such thing as security. There never has been."
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Germaine Greer
"There is no such thing as security. There never has been."
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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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"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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"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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"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."
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Daw Aung San Suu Kyi
"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."
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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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"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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"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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"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."
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Emma Goldman
"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."
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"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."
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Emma Goldman
"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."
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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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"In my role as Wikileaks editor, I've been involved in fighting off many legal attacks. To do that, and keep our sources safe, we have had to spread assets, encrypt everything, and move telecommunications and people around the world to activate protective laws in different national jurisdictions."
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Julian Assange
"In my role as Wikileaks editor, I've been involved in fighting off many legal attacks. To do that, and keep our sources safe, we have had to spread assets, encrypt everything, and move telecommunications and people around the world to activate protective laws in different national jurisdictions."
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