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What I think is different today is the lack of political connection between the black middle class and the increasing numbers of black people who are more impoverished than ever before.

Different today The lack Political connection Black
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It's true that it's within the realm of cultural politics that young people tend to work through political issues, which I think is good, although it's not going to solve the problems.

The realm Cultural politics Young people Work through
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Racism, in the first place, is a weapon used by the wealthy to increase the profits they bring in by paying Black workers less for their work

Racism A weapon The wealthy To increase
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I decided to teach because I think that any person who studies philosophy has to be involved actively.

I decided Teach I think Any person
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To understand how any society functions you must understand the relationship between the men and the women.

To understand Society functions Relationship between Men
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Had it not been for slavery, the death penalty would have likely been abolished in America. Slavery became a haven for the death penalty.

For slavery Death penalty Been abolished A haven
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We know the road to freedom has always been stalked by death.
We know The road Freedom Always been
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Poor people, people of color,especially are much more likely to be found in prison than in institutions of higher education.

Poor people Color Be found In prison
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What this country needs is more unemployed politicians.

This country Needs Unemployed politicians
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Racism is a much more clandestine, much more hidden kind of phenomenon, but at the same time it's perhaps far more terrible than it's ever been.

Racism More clandestine More hidden Phenomenon
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I think the importance of doing activist work is precisely because it allows you to give back and to consider yourself not as a single individual who may have achieved whatever but to be a part of an ongoing historical movement.

The importance Doing activist Give back Consider yourself
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We have to talk about liberating minds as well as liberating society.

We have Talk about Liberating minds Society
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As a black woman, my politics and political affiliation are bound up with and flow from participation in my people's struggle for liberation, and with the fight of oppressed people all over the world against American imperialism.

Black woman My politics Political affiliation Bound up
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Power remains strong when it remains in the dark; exposed to the sunlight it begins to evaporate.

Power Strong Exposed Sunlight
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There can be no true friends without true enemies. Unless we hate what we are not, we cannot love what we are.

True Friends Enemies Love
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Collective will supplants individual whim

Collective Will Individual
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Every civilization sees itself as the center of the world and writes its history as the central drama of human history.

Civilization Center World History
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Expectations should not always be taken as reality; because you never know when you will be disappointed.

Expectations Reality Know Disappointed
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We have to know who we are before we can know what our interests are.

We Know Who Interests
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It reminded me that as much as there are enablers of the system, there are also some within who, guided by their conscience, go out of their way to be helpful.

Reminded me Are enablers The system Guided by
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One thing learnt in the wake of the Farm Mechanization Scandal is that most looters have no remorse.Some are very big men who command a great following and loyalty. But they do not live by the word they preach.

One thing Learnt Farm mechanization scandal Most looters
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Our people have been robbed of their dignity.This is what happens when a nation is run by an inept, cold and corrupt lot.

Our people Been robbed Their dignity What happens
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They loot in the name of the people. Yet the people have been reduced to hunter-gatherers.

They loot The name The people Been reduced
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At least once in life you must do something that shocks you; something outside your comfort zone.

In life Do something Shocks you Comfort zone
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I don’t regard myself as doing anything extraordinary. It’s normal to question and challenge power. It’s not my job to make power comfortable.

Regard myself Anything extraordinary It's normal Question
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They must see that the source of their poverty are these people who purport to be their leaders

Must see The source Their poverty These people
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They need to understand how corruption works and why they’re carrying the cost of looting.

They need To understand Corruption works The cost
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My brothers and sisters in the Catholic Church in Zimbabwe, we are going to have to sit down at some point for a lovely conversation concerning our country.

My brothers Sisters Sit down Some point
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So I hope patriotic Zimbabweans who want to clean up their country of systemic corruption will be inspired to do the right thing.

I hope Patriotic Clean up Their country
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This is similar to the moral hazard when political elites are beneficiaries of taxpayer-funded schemes.

Moral hazard Political elites Are beneficiaries Taxpayer funded
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It’s a violation of free speech and the right to peaceful demonstrations, guaranteed by the constitution.

A violation Free speech The right Peaceful demonstrations
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Of course, thieves will raise all manner of threats when caught with hands in the cookie jar.

Thieves Will raise All manner Threats
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They are wasting taxpayers funds paying lobbyists while doing everything to undermine themselves. They don’t care because it’s not their money.

Wasting taxpayers Funds Paying lobbyists Doing everything
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This is about every citizen who wants to exercise their freedom of expression, assembly or to demonstrate.

Every citizen Who wants Exercise Freedom
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If people sit back and watch, their leaders will be picked one by one, like lambs to the slaughter.

Sit back Their leaders Be picked Like lambs
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Authoritarian regimes are only as strong as the people’s acquiescence.

Authoritarian regimes As strong People acquiescence
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Exposing corruption in an authoritarian environment is not a easy job. The corrupt will go after those who expose corruption, leaving their corrupt friends.

Exposing corruption Authoritarian environment Easy job The corrupt
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I detest freebies because they are a burden on others.

Detest freebies A burden On others
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Why should poor taxpayers fund the lifestyles of other individuals?

Poor taxpayers Fund Lifestyles Other individuals
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How do men of the cloth, very big and respected men of the cloth, say “thou shall not steal” to their flock and yet they nick public funds in the name of loans, leaving poor men and women to foot their bills, effectively funding their lifestyles?

Do men The cloth Very big Respected men
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We have to remain incurable optimists about the future of our country.

Future Our country Optimists
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What is integrity if it can’t be tested

Integrity Be tested
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Anger can never help anybody in any circumstance. You just have to be cool as it were.

Anger Never Circunstance Be cool
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You cannot build a structure on a faulty foundation.
Build Faulty foundation Structure
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Deal with everything with integrity as required.

Integrity Deal with
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Take life simple and do your best under any circumstances. Do not take people and anything for granted.

Simple For granted Circumstances Best
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If it was easy everyone would do it, so never give up.

Never give up Do it Easy
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To those of us who are Teachers, time has come that our business will not just be to teach, but to get good people to get involved in Politics, otherwise we cannot get the visionary Leaders that can lead the country to be able to compete globally.

Teachers Politics Compete Visionary Leaders
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Nigeria’s politics had been grossly mismanaged by its leaders over the years.

Politics Leaders Mismanaged Grossly
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When you prepare for the worst, nothing surprises you.

The worst Prepare Nothing Surprises you
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