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"This is New York, and there's no law against being annoying."

"This is New York, and there's no law against being annoying."

William Kunstler, American Activist

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"I think it's really important to find out why people hurt you or try to oppose you or whatever."

"I think it's really important to find out why people hurt you or try to oppose you or whatever."

Kathy Acker, American Activist

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"There is a higher law than the law of government. That's the law of conscience."

"There is a higher law than the law of government. That's the law of conscience."

Stokely Carmichael, American Activist

Government, Conscience, Law

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"The First Amendment means everything to me."

"The First Amendment means everything to me."

Julian Bond, American Activist

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"Class structures are a luxury that we cannot afford."

"Class structures are a luxury that we cannot afford."

H. Rap Brown, American Activist

Society, Class, Luxury

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"Australia is a huge rest home, where no unwelcome news is ever wafted on to the pages of the worst newspapers in the world."

"Australia is a huge rest home, where no unwelcome news is ever wafted on to the pages of the worst newspapers in the world."

Germaine Greer, Australian Activist

Home, News, Newspapers, Rest

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"Very few men imprisoned for economic crimes or even crimes of passion against the oppressor feel that they are really guilty."

"Very few men imprisoned for economic crimes or even crimes of passion against the oppressor feel that they are really guilty."

George Jackson, American Activist

Man, Men, Passion

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"Why should women not be a martyr for her cause?"

"Why should women not be a martyr for her cause?"

Ernestine Rose, American Activist

Woman, Women, Cause, Martyr

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"It is necessary to make virtue fashionable."

"It is necessary to make virtue fashionable."

Jose Marti, Cuban Activist

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"People don't realize how a man's whole life can be changed by one book."

"People don't realize how a man's whole life can be changed by one book."

Malcolm X, American Activist

Education, Knowledge, Books, Learning, Influence

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"Four years earlier I had been selected, with Kay Boyle, the writer, and a number of others, to go to Cambodia and come back and prove that there were no sanctuaries in that country."

"Four years earlier I had been selected, with Kay Boyle, the writer, and a number of others, to go to Cambodia and come back and prove that there were no sanctuaries in that country."

William Kunstler, American Activist

Nation, Country, Writer, Years

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"In the Bible, God offered the Pharaoh freedom if he would just let the oppressed people free to go to the land of milk and honey. But the Pharaoh disobeyed, and he was destroyed."

"In the Bible, God offered the Pharaoh freedom if he would just let the oppressed people free to go to the land of milk and honey. But the Pharaoh disobeyed, and he was destroyed."

Malcolm X, American Activist

Religion, Obedience, Consequence, Power, Morality

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"I just think you people would be happier back in Africa where you came from."

"I just think you people would be happier back in Africa where you came from."

George Lincoln Rockwell, American Activist

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"The land of Ireland for the people of Ireland."

"The land of Ireland for the people of Ireland."

James Larkin, Irish Activist

People, Ireland

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"The employers cannot carry on industry nor accumulate profits if they have not got the good will of the workers or their acquiescence in carrying on such industry."

"The employers cannot carry on industry nor accumulate profits if they have not got the good will of the workers or their acquiescence in carrying on such industry."

James Larkin, Irish Activist

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"We can, for example, be fairly confident that either there will be a world without war or there won't be a world - at least, a world inhabited by creatures other than bacteria and beetles, with some scattering of others."

"We can, for example, be fairly confident that either there will be a world without war or there won't be a world - at least, a world inhabited by creatures other than bacteria and beetles, with some scattering of others."

Noam Chomsky, American Activist

War, Beetles, Example, Will

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"As long as you have a system that is based on the rational that if you are making money you are thereby making a contribution to society, these financial rogue practices will continue."

"As long as you have a system that is based on the rational that if you are making money you are thereby making a contribution to society, these financial rogue practices will continue."

David Korten, American Activist

Money, Society, Financial, Will

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"Let me just say: Peace to you, if you're willing to fight for it."

"Let me just say: Peace to you, if you're willing to fight for it."

Fred Hampton, American Activist

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"You've never seen a Columbine done by a black child. Never. They always say, 'We can't believe it happened here. We can't believe it's these suburban white kids.' It's only them!"

"You've never seen a Columbine done by a black child. Never. They always say, 'We can't believe it happened here. We can't believe it's these suburban white kids.' It's only them!"

Van Jones, American Activist

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"You can do whatever you want with my work."

"You can do whatever you want with my work."

Kathy Acker, American Activist

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"The compelled mother loves her child as the caged bird sings. The song does not justify the cage nor the love the enforcement."

"The compelled mother loves her child as the caged bird sings. The song does not justify the cage nor the love the enforcement."

Germaine Greer, Australian Activist

Love, Mother, Song

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"Aren't women prudes if they don't and prostitutes if they do?"

"Aren't women prudes if they don't and prostitutes if they do?"

Kate Millett, American Activist

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"Never advise anyone to go to war or to get married. Write down the advice of him who loves you, though you like it not at present. He that has no children brings them up well."

"Never advise anyone to go to war or to get married. Write down the advice of him who loves you, though you like it not at present. He that has no children brings them up well."

Germaine Greer, Australian Activist

War, Advice, Children, Present

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"But at the same time you can't assume that making a difference 20 years ago is going to allow you to sort of live on the laurels of those victories for the rest of your life."

"But at the same time you can't assume that making a difference 20 years ago is going to allow you to sort of live on the laurels of those victories for the rest of your life."

Angela Davis, American Activist

Life, Time, Difference, Rest

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"The most frequent complaint I hear from college students is that professors inject their leftist political comments into their courses even when they have nothing to do with the subject."

"The most frequent complaint I hear from college students is that professors inject their leftist political comments into their courses even when they have nothing to do with the subject."

Phyllis Schlafly, American Activist

College, Complaint, Nothing, Students

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"There is nothing anyone can do anyway. The public has no power. The government knows I'm not a criminal. The parole board knows I'm not a criminal. The judge knows I'm not a criminal."

"There is nothing anyone can do anyway. The public has no power. The government knows I'm not a criminal. The parole board knows I'm not a criminal. The judge knows I'm not a criminal."

Jack Kevorkian, American Activist

Government, Power, Nothing, Public

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"When the unwelcome little unborn shall have seen the light my brain will be lightened, and I shall have a clearer mind. Thank God that even this weary nine months shall come to an end and leave me in possession of my own body and my own soul."

"When the unwelcome little unborn shall have seen the light my brain will be lightened, and I shall have a clearer mind. Thank God that even this weary nine months shall come to an end and leave me in possession of my own body and my own soul."

Julia Ward Howe, American Activist

God, Soul, Body, End

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"For the powerful, crimes are those that others commit."

"For the powerful, crimes are those that others commit."

Noam Chomsky, American Activist

Politics, Power, Crime, Ethics, Morality

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"Resolved, that the women of this nation in 1876, have greater cause for discontent, rebellion and revolution than the men of 1776."

"Resolved, that the women of this nation in 1876, have greater cause for discontent, rebellion and revolution than the men of 1776."

Susan B. Anthony, American Activist

Man, Men, Women, Cause, Discontent

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"We lived within two hundred yards of the sea, and its voice was in our ears night and day."

"We lived within two hundred yards of the sea, and its voice was in our ears night and day."

Edward Carpenter, English Activist

Nature, Day, Night, Sea, Voice

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"Massachusetts women as a rule adhere too strongly to old-time conventions."

"Massachusetts women as a rule adhere too strongly to old-time conventions."

Julia Ward Howe, American Activist

Woman, Women, Old

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"The world is wide, and I will not waste my life in friction when it could be turned into momentum."

"The world is wide, and I will not waste my life in friction when it could be turned into momentum."

Frances E. Willard, American Activist

Life, Waste, Will, World

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"We are all cells in the same body of humanity."

"We are all cells in the same body of humanity."

Peace Pilgrim, American Activist

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"I might have simply settled down into an armchair literary life. I really don't know exactly why I didn't."

"I might have simply settled down into an armchair literary life. I really don't know exactly why I didn't."

Edward Carpenter, English Activist

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"Death and genitals are things that frighten people, and when people are frightened, they develop means of concealment and aggression. It is common sense."

"Death and genitals are things that frighten people, and when people are frightened, they develop means of concealment and aggression. It is common sense."

Noam Chomsky, American Activist

Psychology, Fear, Death, Sex, Humanity

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"Global competition is about winners and losers."

"Global competition is about winners and losers."

David Korten, American Activist

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"Liberalism seems to be related to the distance people are from the problem."

"Liberalism seems to be related to the distance people are from the problem."

Whitney M. Young, American Activist

People, Liberalism

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"I maintain that every civil rights bill in this country was passed for white people, not for black people."

"I maintain that every civil rights bill in this country was passed for white people, not for black people."

Stokely Carmichael, American Activist

People, Civilrights, Country

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"There must be a goal at every stage of life! There must be a goal!"

"There must be a goal at every stage of life! There must be a goal!"

Maggie Kuhn, American Activist

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"I do think that some of us began to realize that this was going to be a long struggle that was going to go on for decades, and you'd have to knuckle down. A lot of people in our generation did that. They didn't drop out and run away."

"I do think that some of us began to realize that this was going to be a long struggle that was going to go on for decades, and you'd have to knuckle down. A lot of people in our generation did that. They didn't drop out and run away."

Julian Bond, American Activist

People, Struggle

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"I looked over and saw this man on the extreme right aisle sort of galloping to the podium. He was tall, he was thin, and the way he was galloping it looked as though he was going someplace much more important than the podium."

"I looked over and saw this man on the extreme right aisle sort of galloping to the podium. He was tall, he was thin, and the way he was galloping it looked as though he was going someplace much more important than the podium."

Betty Shabazz, American Activist

Politics, Extreme, Man, Right

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"The justices have constitutionally protected obscenity in libraries, filth over cable television, and now unlimited internet pornography."

"The justices have constitutionally protected obscenity in libraries, filth over cable television, and now unlimited internet pornography."

Phyllis Schlafly, American Activist

Internet, Libraries, Now, Pornography

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"His daughter returned from her boarding school, improved in fashionable airs and expert in manufacturing fashionable toys; but, in her conversation, he sought in vain for that refined and fertile mind which he had fondly expected."

"His daughter returned from her boarding school, improved in fashionable airs and expert in manufacturing fashionable toys; but, in her conversation, he sought in vain for that refined and fertile mind which he had fondly expected."

Emma Willard, American Activist

Family, Daughter, Conversation, Manufacturing, Mind

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"Civilization is a method of living, an attitude of equal respect for all men."

"Civilization is a method of living, an attitude of equal respect for all men."

Jane Addams, American Activist

Attitude, Men, Civilization, Living

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"Stewardesses are still paid so little that in many cases, new hires qualify for food stamps."

"Stewardesses are still paid so little that in many cases, new hires qualify for food stamps."

Patricia Ireland, American Activist

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"I loved Elijah Muhammad with a love that I can't adequately describe."

"I loved Elijah Muhammad with a love that I can't adequately describe."

Louis Farrakhan, American Activist

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"The claim of the State Socialists, however, that this right would not be exercised in matters pertaining to the individual in the more intimate and private relations of his life is not borne out by the history of governments."

"The claim of the State Socialists, however, that this right would not be exercised in matters pertaining to the individual in the more intimate and private relations of his life is not borne out by the history of governments."

Benjamin Tucker, American Activist

History, Life, Right, State

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"Bush's choice of Dick Cheney as his running mate is clear confirmation of the policies he would promote and the nominations he would make to an already closely divided U.S. Supreme Court."

"Bush's choice of Dick Cheney as his running mate is clear confirmation of the policies he would promote and the nominations he would make to an already closely divided U.S. Supreme Court."

Patricia Ireland, American Activist

Choice, Court, Running

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"In any grass-roots campaign, building an ongoing base of support is as important as winning the ultimate goal."

"In any grass-roots campaign, building an ongoing base of support is as important as winning the ultimate goal."

Patricia Ireland, American Activist

Goal, Winning, Building, Support

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"The Constitution, as originally drawn, made no reference to the fact that all Americans wre considered equal members of society."

"The Constitution, as originally drawn, made no reference to the fact that all Americans wre considered equal members of society."

Constance Baker Motley, American Activist

Society, Americans, Constitution, Fact

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