When human rights are abused on a grand scale, the broth of purity boils and feeds the rebellion … - James A. Baldwin

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The matter of who governs Zimbabwe is a matter that is in the hands of the people of Zimbabwe. The matter of who governs the people of South Africa is in the hands of the people of South Africa.

James A. Baldwin

When human rights are abused on a grand scale, the broth of purity boils and feeds the rebellion of a new order.

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Not everything that is faced can be changed, but nothing can be changed until it is faced.

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Ask any Mexican, any Puerto Rican, any black man, any poor person - ask the wretched how they fare in the halls of justice, and then you will know, not whether or not the country is just, but whether or not it has any love for justice, or any concept of it. It is certain, in any case, that ignorance, allied with power, is the most ferocious enemy justice can have.

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I can't believe what you say, because I see what you do.

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I love America more than any other country in this world, and, exactly for this reason, I insist on the right to criticize her perpetually.

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To be black and conscious in America is to be in a constant state of rage.

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Women will not advance except by joining together in cooperative action. . . . Unlike other groups, women do not need to set affiliation and strength in opposition one against the other. We can readily integrate the two, search for more and better ways to use affiliation to enhance strength--and strength to enhance affiliation.

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Baruch Spinoza

I saw that all things I feared, and which feared me, had nothing good or bad in them save insofar as the mind was affected by them.

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Thabo Mbeki

The matter of who governs Zimbabwe is a matter that is in the hands of the people of Zimbabwe. The matter of who governs the people of South Africa is in the hands of the people of South Africa.

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Gloria Estefan

Those of you who speak only English, applaud [audience applause]. Those of you who speak only Spanish, applaud [audience applause]. [In mock incredulity] Then how do you know what I just said?

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Howard Zinn

I wanted to be a part of history and not just a recorder and teacher of history. So that kind of attitude towards history, history itself as a political act, has always informed my writing and my teaching.

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