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"The best way to solve problems and to fight against war is through dialogue."
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Malala Yousafzai
"The best way to solve problems and to fight against war is through dialogue."
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"For 500 years, since European explorers came, Latin American countries had been separated from one another. They had very limited relations. Integration is a prerequisite for independence."
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Noam Chomsky
"For 500 years, since European explorers came, Latin American countries had been separated from one another. They had very limited relations. Integration is a prerequisite for independence."
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"We Americans entered a new phase in our history - the era of integration - in 1954."
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Constance Baker Motley
"We Americans entered a new phase in our history - the era of integration - in 1954."
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"Learn to be quiet enough to hear the genuine within yourself so that you can hear it in others."
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Marian Wright Edelman
"Learn to be quiet enough to hear the genuine within yourself so that you can hear it in others."
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"Women have very little idea of how much men hate them."
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Germaine Greer
"Women have very little idea of how much men hate them."
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"My story is the story of thousands of children from around the world. I hope it inspires others to stand up for their rights."
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Malala Yousafzai
"My story is the story of thousands of children from around the world. I hope it inspires others to stand up for their rights."
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"Is a woman raped every three minutes or every six minutes? It is far too much, whatever it is."
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Patricia Ireland
"Is a woman raped every three minutes or every six minutes? It is far too much, whatever it is."
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"The question is not only what is grown but what it's used for. There's not going to be a mass transformation of dietary habits in rich countries-on the contrary, the first thing people do when they become more prosperous is to buy more meat."
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Susan George
"The question is not only what is grown but what it's used for. There's not going to be a mass transformation of dietary habits in rich countries-on the contrary, the first thing people do when they become more prosperous is to buy more meat."
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"Sure, I could of done it different... put my clown in a closet and dressed up in straight clothing. I could of compromised my essence, and swallowed my soul."
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Wavy Gravy
"Sure, I could of done it different... put my clown in a closet and dressed up in straight clothing. I could of compromised my essence, and swallowed my soul."
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"In inquiring concerning the benefits of the plan proposed, I shall proceed upon the supposition that female seminaries will be patronized throughout our country."
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Emma Willard
"In inquiring concerning the benefits of the plan proposed, I shall proceed upon the supposition that female seminaries will be patronized throughout our country."
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"The majority of Americans, the ones who never elected George W. Bush, are not fooled by his weapons of mass distraction."
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Michael Moore
"The majority of Americans, the ones who never elected George W. Bush, are not fooled by his weapons of mass distraction."
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"Revolution is the festival of the oppressed."
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Germaine Greer
"Revolution is the festival of the oppressed."
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"Inside, each of us has a purple motorcycle."
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Gloria Steinem
"Inside, each of us has a purple motorcycle."
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"Some of us may just, in one-on-one conversations with our family, with our friends, over the back fence with our neighbors, talk about the reality of our lives and realize that we're not alone, that we have a right to be physically safe and emotionally safe in our own homes."
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Patricia Ireland
"Some of us may just, in one-on-one conversations with our family, with our friends, over the back fence with our neighbors, talk about the reality of our lives and realize that we're not alone, that we have a right to be physically safe and emotionally safe in our own homes."
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"What I worry about is climate change, because that would have untold effects that we can't even measure yet."
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Susan George
"What I worry about is climate change, because that would have untold effects that we can't even measure yet."
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"What you need if you want jobs are small and medium sized enterprises, local initiatives, labour intensive work, community development, service providers and the like."
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Susan George
"What you need if you want jobs are small and medium sized enterprises, local initiatives, labour intensive work, community development, service providers and the like."
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"We are the only class in history that has been left to fight its battles alone, unaided by the ruling powers. White labor and the freed black men had their champions, but where are ours?"
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Elizabeth Cady Stanton
"We are the only class in history that has been left to fight its battles alone, unaided by the ruling powers. White labor and the freed black men had their champions, but where are ours?"
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"It isn't until you begin to fight in your own cause that you become really committed to winning and become a genuine ally of other people struggling for their freedom."
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Robin Morgan
"It isn't until you begin to fight in your own cause that you become really committed to winning and become a genuine ally of other people struggling for their freedom."
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"Socialism, on the contrary, extends its function to the description of society as it should be, and the discovery of the means of making it what it should be."
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Benjamin Tucker
"Socialism, on the contrary, extends its function to the description of society as it should be, and the discovery of the means of making it what it should be."
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"Everyone, Republican or otherwise, has their own particular part to play. No part is too great or too small; no one is too old or too young to do something."
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Bobby Sands
"Everyone, Republican or otherwise, has their own particular part to play. No part is too great or too small; no one is too old or too young to do something."
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"Real education should consist of drawing the goodness and the best out of our own students. What better books can there be than the book of humanity?"
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Cesar Chavez
"Real education should consist of drawing the goodness and the best out of our own students. What better books can there be than the book of humanity?"
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"It is very important to know who you are. To make decisions. To show who you are."
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Malala Yousafzai
"It is very important to know who you are. To make decisions. To show who you are."
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"Capitalism is a stupid system, a backward system."
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Stokely Carmichael
"Capitalism is a stupid system, a backward system."
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"Two special agents at the front door pulled me outside. By that time, they had already had the house surrounded with loaded weapons, machine guns, shotguns... about 25 federal agents."
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Sherman Austin
"Two special agents at the front door pulled me outside. By that time, they had already had the house surrounded with loaded weapons, machine guns, shotguns... about 25 federal agents."
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"Such security is equal liberty. But it is not necessarily equality in the use of the earth."
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Benjamin Tucker
"Such security is equal liberty. But it is not necessarily equality in the use of the earth."
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"I now announce myself as candidate for the Presidency. I anticipate criticism; but however unfavorable I trust that my sincerity will not be called into question."
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Victoria Woodhull
"I now announce myself as candidate for the Presidency. I anticipate criticism; but however unfavorable I trust that my sincerity will not be called into question."
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"I don't believe in welfare."
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Charles Evers
"I don't believe in welfare."
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"Diplomats make it their business to conceal the facts."
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Margaret Sanger
"Diplomats make it their business to conceal the facts."
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"In the true sense one's native land, with its background of tradition, early impressions, reminiscences and other things dear to one, is not enough to make sensitive human beings feel at home."
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Emma Goldman
"In the true sense one's native land, with its background of tradition, early impressions, reminiscences and other things dear to one, is not enough to make sensitive human beings feel at home."
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"I never thought I would live long enough to see the legal profession change to the extent it has."
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Constance Baker Motley
"I never thought I would live long enough to see the legal profession change to the extent it has."
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"You just need to be a flea against injustice. Enough committed fleas biting strategically can make even the biggest dog uncomfortable and transform even the biggest nation."
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Marian Wright Edelman
"You just need to be a flea against injustice. Enough committed fleas biting strategically can make even the biggest dog uncomfortable and transform even the biggest nation."
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"I will tell the truth wherever I please."
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Mary Harris Jones
"I will tell the truth wherever I please."
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"Heaven must be an awfully dull place if the poor in spirit live there."
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Emma Goldman
"Heaven must be an awfully dull place if the poor in spirit live there."
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"Only around 2% of the earth's surface is cultivatable land."
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Susan George
"Only around 2% of the earth's surface is cultivatable land."
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"I shall not change my course because those who assume to be better than I desire it."
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Victoria Woodhull
"I shall not change my course because those who assume to be better than I desire it."
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"Sometimes if you want to get rid of the gun, you have to pick the gun up."
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Huey Newton
"Sometimes if you want to get rid of the gun, you have to pick the gun up."
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"We cannot build up the idea of the apostolate of the laity without the foundation of the liturgy."
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Dorothy Day
"We cannot build up the idea of the apostolate of the laity without the foundation of the liturgy."
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"This was my first lesson about gambling: if you see somebody winning all the time, he isn't gambling, he's cheating. Later on in life, if I were continuously losing in any gambling situation, I would watch very closely."
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Malcolm X
"This was my first lesson about gambling: if you see somebody winning all the time, he isn't gambling, he's cheating. Later on in life, if I were continuously losing in any gambling situation, I would watch very closely."
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"I was recently looking at what they can actually do to reduce consumption of petrol. It would be quite possible to build automobiles out of carbon fibre that would be just as strong, weigh 10 times less and consume 10 times less petrol."
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Susan George
"I was recently looking at what they can actually do to reduce consumption of petrol. It would be quite possible to build automobiles out of carbon fibre that would be just as strong, weigh 10 times less and consume 10 times less petrol."
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"A child who does not think about what happens around him and is content with living without wondering whether he lives honestly is like a man who lives from a scoundrel's work and is on the road to being a scoundrel."
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Jose Marti
"A child who does not think about what happens around him and is content with living without wondering whether he lives honestly is like a man who lives from a scoundrel's work and is on the road to being a scoundrel."
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"Awaken its powers, and it will respect itself."
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Francis Wright
"Awaken its powers, and it will respect itself."
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"Power is not only what you have but what the enemy thinks you have."
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Saul Alinsky
"Power is not only what you have but what the enemy thinks you have."
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"As for ourselves, yes, we must be meek, bear injustice, malice, rash judgment. We must turn the other cheek, give up our cloak, go a second mile."
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Dorothy Day
"As for ourselves, yes, we must be meek, bear injustice, malice, rash judgment. We must turn the other cheek, give up our cloak, go a second mile."
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"I don't believe gun owners have rights."
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Sarah Brady
"I don't believe gun owners have rights."
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"An insatiable appetite for glory leads to sacrifice and death, but innate instinct leads to self-preservation and life."
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Jose Marti
"An insatiable appetite for glory leads to sacrifice and death, but innate instinct leads to self-preservation and life."
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"I'd rather be dead and in heaven than afraid to do what I think is right."
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Charles Evers
"I'd rather be dead and in heaven than afraid to do what I think is right."
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"Being black is not a matter of pigmentation - being black is a reflection of a mental attitude."
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Steven Biko
"Being black is not a matter of pigmentation - being black is a reflection of a mental attitude."
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"Avoid all needle drugs, the only dope worth shooting is Richard Nixon."
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Abbie Hoffman
"Avoid all needle drugs, the only dope worth shooting is Richard Nixon."
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"I'm a Republican, by the way."
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Charles Evers
"I'm a Republican, by the way."
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"Keep your feet on the ground and your thoughts at lofty heights."
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Peace Pilgrim
"Keep your feet on the ground and your thoughts at lofty heights."
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