Category: activist
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The worst sin toward our fellow creatures is not to hate them, but to be indifferent to them: that’s the essence of inhumanity.
George Bernard Shaw
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You can be out of slavery and have the right to vote, but unless you have access to capital, industry and technology, you can’t fulfill your dreams.
Jesse Jackson
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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.
Susan B. Anthony
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You must show the world that you abhor fighting.
Desmond Tutu
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When I was young I used to listen to other people and to try and understand what they thought and where they were coming from. I listened and didn’t speak.
Malala Yousafzai
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But God can only smile because only God can know what is coming next.
Desmond Tutu
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Niger is not an isolated island of desperation. It lies within a sea of problems across Africa – particularly the ‘forgotten emergencies’ in poor countries or regions with little strategic or material appeal.
Desmond Tutu
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Look for me in the whirlwind or the storm.
Marcus Garvey
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Do your little bit of good where you are; it’s those little bits of good put together that overwhelm the world.
Desmond Tutu
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Here, in this very first paragraph of the Declaration, is the assertion of the natural right of all to the ballot; for how can ‘the consent of the governed’ be given if the right to vote be denied?
Susan B. Anthony