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Every person remembers some moment in their life where they witnessed some injustice, big or small, and looked away because the consequences of intervening seemed too intimidating. But there's a limit to the amount of incivility and inequality and inhumanity that each individual can tolerate. I crossed that line. And I'm no longer alone. Edward Snowden

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If I could give you information of my life, it would be to show how a woman of very ordinary ability has been led by God in strange and unaccustomed paths to do In His service what He has done in her. And if I could tell you all, you would see how God has done all, and I nothing. Florence Nightingale

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In the US, there is basically one party - the business party. It has two factions, called Democrats and Republicans, which are somewhat different but carry out variations on the same policies. By and large, I am opposed to those policies. As is most of the population. Noam Chomsky

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It is very important to know who you are. To make decisions. To show who you are. Malala Yousafzai

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If you go anywhere, even paradise, you will miss your home. Malala Yousafzai

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It is not power that corrupts but fear. Fear of losing power corrupts those who wield it and fear of the scourge of power corrupts those who are subject to it. Aung San Suu Kyi

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Loneliness is never more cruel than when it is felt in close propinquity with someone who has ceased to communicate. Germaine Greer

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You can't hate the roots of a tree and not hate the tree. You can't hate Africa and not hate yourself. Malcolm X

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Envy blinds men and makes it impossible for them to think clearly. Malcolm X

Envy Impossible Men Think Clearly Blinds Makes Them

What this country needs is more unemployed politicians. Angela Davis

Needs Country Politicians More Unemployed

I think slavery is the next thing to hell. If a person would send another into bondage, he would, it appears to me, be bad enough to send him into hell if he could. Harriet Tubman

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There is a recognition that Second Amendment rights, like First Amendment and other rights, come with responsibilities and limitations. There is no reason both sides of the gun debate can't support policies that both protect the right to legally own guns for sport and safety, and reduce the likelihood of mass fatalities. Randi Weingarten

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Being a patriot doesn't mean prioritizing service to government above all else. Being a patriot means knowing when to protect your country, knowing when to protect your Constitution, knowing when to protect your countrymen, from the violations of and encroachments of adversaries. And those adversaries don't have to be foreign countries. Edward Snowden

The revolution has always been in the hands of the young. The young always inherit the revolution. Huey Newton

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