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2519 Activist Quotes

Since the Church is to be servant to the poor, it is our fault if that wealth is not channeled to help the poor in our world.

Church Fault Help Wealth
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It is my deepest belief that only by giving our lives do we find life. I am convinced that the truest act of courage, the strongest act of manliness is to sacrifice ourselves for others in a totally non-violent struggle for justice.

Act Belief Convinced Courage
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As long as we have a poor country bordering California, it's going to be very difficult to win strikes.

California Country Difficult Going
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The burdens of generations of poverty and powerlessness lie heavy in the fields of America. If we fail, there are those who will see violence as the shortcut to change.

America Burdens Change Fail
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Farm workers are society's canaries. Farm workers - and their children - demonstrate the effects of pesticide poisoning before anyone else.

Children Demonstrate Effects Else
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Without a union, the people are always cheated, and they are so innocent.

Always Cheated Innocent People
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For almost seventy years the life insurance industry has been a smug sacred cow feeding the public a steady line of sacred bull.

Almost Been Bull Cow
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The use of solar energy has not been opened up because the oil industry does not own the sun.
Because Been Does Energy
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Turn on to politics, or politics will turn on you.

Politics Turn Will You
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The function of leadership is to produce more leaders, not more followers.

Followers Function Leaders Leadership
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President Reagan was elected on the promise of getting government off the backs of the people and now he demands that government wrap itself around the waists of the people.

Around Backs Demands Elected
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I don't think meals have any business being deductible. I'm for separation of calories and corporations.

Any Being Business Calories
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The corporate lobby in Washington is basically designed to stifle all legislative activity on behalf of consumers.

Activity Basically Behalf Consumers
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People are stunned to hear that one company has data files on 185 million Americans.

American Company Data Files
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This country has far more problems than it deserves and far more solutions than it applies.

Country Deserves Far More
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Sanctions against polluters are feeble and out of date, and are rarely invoked.

Against Date Feeble Out
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The only difference between the Republican and Democratic parties is the velocities with which their knees hit the floor when corporations knock on their door. That's the only difference.

Between Corporations Democratic Difference
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The liberal intelligentsia has allowed its party to become a captive of corporate interests.

Allowed Become Captive Corporate
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A leader has the vision and conviction that a dream can be achieved. He inspires the power and energy to get it done.

Achieved Conviction Done Dream
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There can be no daily democracy without daily citizenship.

Citizenship Daily Democracy Without
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A society that has more justice is a society that needs less charity.
Charity Justice Less More
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Power has to be insecure to be responsive.

Insecure Power Responsive
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Like sex in Victorian England, the reality of Big Business today is our big dirty secret.

Big Business Dirty England
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Let's not just look at it as taking votes away from Gore. Our support comes from a lot of people.

Away Just Look Lot
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Once you don't vote your ideals... that has serious undermining affects. It erodes the moral basis of our democracy.

Affects Basis Democracy Ideals
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It is fascinating to watch legislators turn away from their usual corporate grips when they hear the growing thunder of the people.

Away Corporate Fascinating Grips
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I once said to my father, when I was a boy, 'Dad we need a third political party.' He said to me, 'I'll settle for a second.'

Boy Dad Father He
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If God hadn't meant for us to eat sugar, he wouldn't have invented dentists.

Eat God He Invented
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The 'democracy gap' in our politics and elections spells a deep sense of powerlessness by people who drop out, do not vote, or listlessly vote for the 'least worst' every four years and then wonder why after every cycle the 'least worst' gets worse.

After Cycle Deep Democracy
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The shortcomings of America's political leaders do not stop at our borders.

America Borders Leaders Our
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I prefer peace. But if trouble must come, let it come in my time, so that my children can live in peace.

Children Come Live Must
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Government, even in its best state, is but a necessary evil; in its worst state, an intolerable one.
Best Even Evil Government
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The harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph.

Conflict Glorious Harder More
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Reason obeys itself; and ignorance submits to whatever is dictated to it.

Dictated Ignorance Itself Reason
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He that would make his own liberty secure, must guard even his enemy from oppression; for if he violates this duty, he establishes a precedent that will reach to himself.

Duty Enemy Even Guard
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Character is much easier kept than recovered.
Character Easier Kept Much
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The whole religious complexion of the modern world is due to the absence from Jerusalem of a lunatic asylum.

Absence Asylum Complexion Due
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What we obtain too cheap, we esteem too lightly; it is dearness only that gives everything its value.

Cheap Esteem Everything Gives
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The most formidable weapon against errors of every kind is reason.

Against Errors Every Formidable
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I believe in the equality of man; and I believe that religious duties consist in doing justice, loving mercy, and endeavoring to make our fellow-creatures happy.

Believe Consist Doing Duties
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I've got a Grammy and Emmy, I'd like to have a Tony.

Emmy Got Grammy Like
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God has more important things to worry about than who I sleep with.

God Important More Sleep
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Humour is a great vehicle for getting a message across. If you get too serious, you could die of starch.

Across Die Great Humour
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I'm in the business where you get the business all the time.
Business Get Time You
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What, do you think that feminism means you hate men?

Feminism Hate Means Men
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Sometimes my mind boggles. It's so deep my mind actually boggles.

Actually Deep Mind Sometimes
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When I got hoarse, the manager would say, 'Drink this. Joplin used to drink this,' and I used to say, 'Joplin? Joplin's dead.

Dead Drink Got Manager
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Somebody did complain to me and tell me that my clothes were so loud they couldn't hear me sing.

Clothes Complain Hear Loud
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When I sing I don't feel like it's me. I feel I am fabulous, like I'm 10 feet tall. I am the greatest. I am the strongest. I am Samson. I'm whoever I want to be.

Fabulous Feel Feet Greatest
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I absolutely refuse to reveal my age. What am I - a car?

Absolutely Age Car Refuse
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