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We are setting ourselves up for disappointment if our hope is built on anything less than Jesus. Shane Claiborne
Hope Disappointment Setting Our Ourselves Built Up Than Anything Less Jesus
We need economic growth, yes, but growth can be jobless, so a sustainable development framework for employment must include a job creation strategy. Sharan Burrow
Job Sustainable Development Creation Strategy Framework Job Creation Must Economic Economic Growth Development Employment Yes Sustainable Include Growth Need
Securing a sustainable future will take all of us working together. Sharan Burrow
Future Working Together Together Will Take Sustainable Us Working
The rules of the global economy are rigged against those who have to work to earn a living and in favour of multinational corporations and the ultra-rich. Sharan Burrow
Work Living Earn Corporations Rules Those Favour Economy Global Global Economy Against Who Multinational Rigged
The corporate community understands the need for rules. Indeed, it argues for regulation to protect intellectual property, physical property rights, and contract law. So why does it oppose global regulation to protect people and the environment? Sharan Burrow
Property Rights People Law Oppose Community Corporate Indeed Rules Physical Property Rights Environment Global Protect Does Understands Intellectual Contract Intellectual Property Regulation Why Need
For your benefit, learn from our tragedy. It is not a written law that the next victims must be Jews. It can also be other people. Simon Wiesenthal
People Law Other Jews Benefit Our Must Written Written Law Also Learn Tragedy Victims Next Your
The Lord only knows how many times I let my children go hungry rather than take secretly the bread I liked not to ask for. Sojourner Truth
Secretly Hungry Rather Only Take Liked Knows How Lord How Many Times Go Times Than Children Bread Ask Many
When I got religion, I found some work to do to benefit somebody. Sojourner Truth
Work Religion Somebody Benefit Some Got Found
There has been only a civil rights movement, whose tone of voice was adapted to an audience of liberal whites. Stokely Carmichael
Rights Liberal Has-Been Rights Movement Civil Civil Rights Civil Rights Movement Only Voice Audience Been Movement Whites Whose Tone Adapted
An organization which claims to be working for the needs of a community - as SNCC does - must work to provide that community with a position of strength from which to make its voice heard. This is the significance of black power beyond the slogan. Stokely Carmichael
Work Strength Needs Organization Black Power Community Claims Significance Slogan Must Voice Beyond Make Does Provide Heard Which Working Position
I maintain that every civil rights bill in this country was passed for white people, not for black people. Stokely Carmichael
Rights People Black Country White Every Civil Civil Rights Maintain Passed Bill
We are nothing if we walk alone; we are everything when we walk together in step with other dignified feet. Subcomandante Marcos
Alone Together Walk Nothing Other Dignified Everything Step Feet
An oligarchy of race, where the Saxon rules the African, might be endured; but this oligarchy of sex which makes father, brothers, husband, sons, the oligarchs over the mother and sisters, the wife and daughters of every household... carries discord and rebellion into every home of the nation. Susan B. Anthony
Home Rebellion Mother Father Wife Sex Husband Nation Every Saxon Rules Carries Brothers Daughters Sons Over Household Makes Discord Sisters African Where Endured Which Race Might Oligarchy
Join the union, girls, and together say Equal Pay for Equal Work. Susan B. Anthony
Work Together Girl Pay Say Join Equal Equal Pay Equal Work Union
What you should do is to say to outsiders that a Christian has neither more nor less rights in our association than an atheist. Susan B. Anthony
You Rights Atheist Christian Our Say Neither More Outsiders Nor Than Should Less Association
I do not consider divorce an evil by any means. It is just as much a refuge for women married to brutal men as Canada was to the slaves of brutal masters. Susan B. Anthony
Women Evil Men Consider Married Brutal Divorce Masters Canada Any Refuge Just Just As Much Much Means Slaves
We throw to the winds the old dogma that governments can give rights. Before governments were organized, no one denies that each individual possessed the right to protect his own life, liberty and property. Susan B. Anthony
Life Property Rights Liberty Old Before Own Possessed Winds Give Individual Throw No-One Protect Dogma Were His Denies Governments Organized Each Each Individual Right
I knew I wasn't born to be caged and chained up. Susan Burton
Born Knew Caged Up Chained
There are so many bright people who just need an opportunity to help others and pay it forward. Susan Burton
People Opportunity Pay Help Others Others Just Help Who Forward Many Bright Need
Get up. Stand up. Speak up. Do something. Tarana Burke
Speak Something Up Get Stand Stand Up
We talk about sexual harassment in the workplace, but there's sexual harassment in schools, right? There's sexual harassment on the street. So there's a larger conversation to be had. And I think it will be a disservice to people if we couch this conversation in about what happens in Hollywood or what happens in even political offices. Tarana Burke
Conversation People Political Will Think Disservice Sexual About Couch Had Talk Schools Offices Happens Hollywood Harassment Workplace Even Larger Street Right
If you give young people enough information, they'll figure out what to do with it. They just need a little guidance. Tarana Burke
You Guidance People Young Enough Out Give Just Information Young People Little Figure Need
Here's the reality. The image of a white Jesus has been used to justify enslavement, conquest, colonialism, the genocide of indigenous peoples. There are literally millions of human beings whose lives have been snuffed out by people who conquered under the banner of a white god. Tim Wise
God Reality People Genocide Colonialism White Enslavement Out Has-Been Indigenous Been Human Human Beings Literally Banner Justify Used Who Beings Conquered Whose Lives Conquest Image Jesus Here Millions
Why is a woman to be treated differently? Woman suffrage will succeed, despite this miserable guerilla opposition. Victoria Woodhull
Woman Will Miserable Guerilla Despite Opposition Succeed Why Differently Suffrage Treated
If Congress refuse to listen to and grant what women ask, there is but one course left then to pursue. What is there left for women to do but to become the mothers of the future government? Victoria Woodhull
Future Government Women Become Congress Pursue Course Mothers Left Listen Refuse Ask Then Grant
For me, one of the major reasons to move beyond just the planting of trees was that I have tendency to look at the causes of a problem. We often preoccupy ourselves with the symptoms, whereas if we went to the root cause of the problems, we would be able to overcome the problems once and for all. Wangari Maathai
Me Problem Overcome Cause Problems Trees Symptoms Once Ourselves Would Would-Be Able Tendency Major Beyond Look Causes Often Move Just Whereas Root Planting Reasons
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