"All the United States, it is a society that is split like to the bottom, that had very poor people in the country that is one of the wealthiest countries."
-Desmond Tutu
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"Exclusion is never the way forward on our shared paths to freedom and justice.“
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"In many ways, when you're a Nobel peace laureate, you have an obligation to humankind, to society."
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"But God can only smile because only God can know what is coming next."
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"The God who existed before any religion counts on you to make the oneness of the human family known and celebrated."
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"When the missionaries came to Africa they had the Bible and we had the land. They said 'Let us pray.' We closed our eyes. When we opened them we had the Bible and they had the land."
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"Men must stop being jealous of their power and generously allow freedom and responsibility to others. The reward is harmonious families and society."
-Delphine de Girardin
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"Although we have, in theory, abolished human slavery, recognized women's rights, and stopped child labor, we continue to enslave other species who, if we simply pay attention, show quite clearly that they experience parental love, pain, and the desire for freedom, just as we do."
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"What is our freedom fight about? Is it about the liberation of children or just having sex with them?"
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"If I am outspoken of the dangers of intemperance to members of our armed forces, it is because we are all especially concerned for the welfare of those who are risking their lives in the cause of freedom."
-William Lyon Mackenzie King
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"We must guard against the overreaching hand of big government trying to take away our freedom. And we must always protect the environment in a manner consistent with our values."
-Steve Forbes
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"The main thing I believe in is freedom."
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