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In the end, there is no absence of irony: the integrity of what is sacred to Native Americans will be determined by the government that has been responsible for doing everything in its power to destroy Native American cultures. Winona LaDuke

The Negro was a political football between his former slave master and Northern political adventurers. The economic basis of this contest was the power to tax, to float bonds, to award franchise: in short, to gain control over the financial resources of the newly organized States. A. Philip Randolph

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When decorum is repression, the only dignity free men have is to speak out. Abbie Hoffman

Dignity Speak Men Free Out Only Free Men Repression Decorum

For me, it is essential to have the inner peace and serenity of prayer in order to listen to the silence of God, which speaks to us, in our personal life and the history of our times, of the power of love. Adolfo Perez Esquivel

Life Love God Me Silence Prayer History Peace Power Personal Life Our Times Personal Listen Essential The History Of Order Which Us Speaks Serenity Inner Inner Peace

To me, it was shocking that a government of men could look with such extreme contempt on a movement that was asking nothing except such a simple little thing as the right to vote. Alice Paul

Government Me Vote Simple Men Nothing Extreme Except Could Look Contempt Shocking Movement Little Asking Little Thing Right Thing

Islam is a way of living rather than a way of thinking. Alija Izetbegovic

Islam Living Thinking Way Rather Than

A gentleman opposed to their enfranchisement once said to me, women have never produced anything of any value to the world. I told him the chief product of the women had been the men, and left it to him to decide whether the product was of any value. Anna Howard Shaw

I always say that non-violence is not the weapon of the weak. It is the weapon of the strong. Betty Williams

Strong Say Weak Weapon Non-Violence Always

A rebellion is not a revolution. It may ultimately lead to that end. Bhagat Singh

Rebellion Revolution Lead Ultimately End May

Liberals believe that they own blacks - still. They believe they're something proprietary about being black in this country, and if you deviate from the way they want you to think, in the way they want you to act, they grow violent. Candace Owens

You Black Country Own Believe Think Liberals Way About Blacks Something Proprietary Deviate Still Being Want Act Grow Violent

The liberal people are the violent people in this country. The Democrat Party are the violent people. Candace Owens

People Country Party Liberal Democrat Violent

To the wrongs that need resistance, To the right that needs assistance, To the future in the distance, Give yourselves. Carrie Chapman Catt

Future Needs Distance Give Wrongs Right Assistance Resistance Need

If we are to better the future we must disturb the present. Catherine Booth

Future Better Must Disturb Present

When poor people get involved in a long conflict, such as a strike or a civil rights drive, and the pressure increases each day, there is a deep need for spiritual advice. Without it, we see families crumble, leadership weaken, and hard workers grow tired. Cesar Chavez

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In some cases non-violence requires more militancy than violence. Cesar Chavez

Some Cases More Non-Violence Than Requires Militancy Violence

The failure to invest in youth reflects a lack of compassion and a colossal failure of common sense. Coretta Scott King

Failure Youth Compassion Sense Invest Colossal Reflects Lack Common Common Sense

I wish I could say to all those people who consider themselves anarchists or radicals: Please join the nonviolent movement. This is how Gandhi freed India. If Gandhi freed India, we can certainly free the United States from our racism, misogyny, and bigotry. Dolores Huerta

Racism People Free Wish Consider Our Please Anarchist Say States Those India Join Could Freed How Nonviolent Movement Themselves Certainly Gandhi Who Radicals United United States

We have to improve life, not just for those who have the most skills and those who know how to manipulate the system. But also for and with those who often have so much to give but never get the opportunity. Dorothy Height

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You could watch entire villages and see what everyone was doing. I watched NSA tracking people's Internet activities as they typed. I became aware of just how invasive U.S. surveillance capabilities had become. I realized the true breadth of this system. And almost nobody knew it was happening. Edward Snowden

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Fear is better than apathy because fear makes us do something. Emiliano Salinas

Fear Better Something Because Makes Than Apathy Us

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