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And there was only one revolutionary virtue which he had not learned, the virtue of self-deception

Revolutionary virtue Not learned Self deception
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Nothing is worse in prison than the consciousness of one's innocence; it prevents acclimatization and undermines one's morale

In prison The consciousness One's innocence Prevents acclimatization
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Aberrations of the human mind are to a large extent due to the obsessional pursuit of some part-truth, treated as if it were a whole truth.

Aberrations Human mind Large extent Obsessional pursuit
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Avoiding offense means that we don't accept each other as equals.

Avoiding offense Don't accept As equals
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I would rather clean than beg.

Would rather Clean Than beg
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I confront the European elite's self-image as tolerant 'while under their noses women are living like slaves.

I confront Elite's self image Tolerant Noses women
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Muslim leaders should ask themselves what exactly their relationship is to a political movement that encourages young men to kill and maim on religious grounds.

Muslim leaders Ask themselves Their relationship Political movement
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Of course, the overwhelming majority of Muslims are not terrorists or sympathetic to terrorists. Equating all Muslims with terrorism is wrong.

Majority Not terrorist Sympathetic With terrorism
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Young people, some of whom are not born into the faith, are being fired up by preachers using basic Islamic scripture and mobilized to wage jihad by radical imams who represent themselves as legitimate Muslim clergymen.

Young people The faith Fired up By preachers
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A Western woman is not her brother's or her father's property. She's just herself. She can choose her own lifestyle. But in a Muslim family, the honor of the man is between the legs of a woman.

Western woman Father's property Own lifestyle
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The idea that if people are just friendly and demonstrate they want peace, that will be answered with good will - that is really naive.

The idea People Just friendly Demonstrate
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You have to let individuals make their own choices and respect that, even if it's your own child. And that's what was taken away from me. My father passed away thinking I still had to go back to his way of believing.

Let individuals Own choices Respect that Own child
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I accept that there are multitudes seeking God, seeking meaning, and so on, but if they reject atheism, I would rather they became modern-day Catholics or Jews than that they became Muslims.

Are multitudes Seeking God Reject atheism
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I talk about a Christianity that is enlightened enough to separate spirituality from the rest of life. Not just church and state, but knowledge and church.

Christianity Enlightened enough Separate spirituality Life
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When you hurt people, they begin to love you less. That's what careless words do. They make people love you a little less.

Hurt People Love Less
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There is a war that makes us adore our conquerors and despise ourselves.

War Makes Adore Conquerors
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Either way, change will come. It could be bloody, or it could be beautiful. It depends on us.
Way Change Bloody Beautiful
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People always loved best what they identified most with.

People Loved Best Identified
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The only dream worth having, I told her, is to dream that you will live while you're alive and die only when you're dead

Dream Worth Live Alive
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Wars are never fought for altruistic reasons.

Wars Fought Reasons
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From now on it is not dying we must fear, but living.

Now Dying Fear Living
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But can we, should we, let apprehensions about the future immobilize us in the present?

Can Apprehensions Future Immobilize
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Sometimes I think the world is divided into those who have a comfortable relationship with power and those who have a naturally adversarial relationship with power.

Think World Divided Comfortable
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The end of the Arab world’s oil age is nigh.Their budgets don’t add up anymore.

The end World Oil age Is nigh
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This is sobering: South Africa is failing on COVID-19 because its leaders want to emulate the First World.

Is failing Its leaders To emulate First world
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A charity in Burkina Faso teaches criminals to sing as part of rehabilitation. Some emerge from prison to rock stardom.

Teaches criminals Sing Rehabilitation Some emerge
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I had grown up in brutal poverty, and saw touch as a privilege for those with less traumatic backgrounds.

Grown up Brutal poverty Privilege Traumatic backgrounds
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Without pay amid Covid-19 carnage, teachers in Uganda’s private schools turn to making coffins, bricks, being food vendors, cleaners in hospitals and house helps. I guess this is the one that will make us stronger, if it doesn’t kill us.

Without pay Teachers Private schools Making coffins
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More than 60,000 fake COVID-19 websites were designed during the first three months of this year to steal information. While honest folks are asleep, the crooks are up are working.

Websites Were designed Steal information Honest folks
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The only real prison is fear, and the only real freedom is freedom from fear

Real prison Fear Real freedom
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Regime is made up of people, so I do put faces to regimes and governments, so I feel that all human beings have the right to be given the benefit of the doubt, and they also have to be given the right to try to redeem themselves if they so wish.

Regime People Put faces Governments
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A more significant phase should mean serious political dialogue.

Significant phase Mean serious Dialogue
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In general people feel more relaxed about participating in politics. They aren't frightened as they used to be.

In general People feel More relaxed Participating
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Of course I regret not having been able to spend time with my family.

I regret Able Spend time My family
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I think I was the healthiest prisoner of conscience in the world.

I think Healthiest Prisoner Conscience
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By helping others, you will learn how to help yourselves.

Helping others Will learn Help yourselves
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Humor is one of the best ingredients of survival.

Humor The best ingredient Survival
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I do protect human rights, and I hope I shall always be looked up as a champion of human rights.

Do protect Human rights I hope Champion
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I don't want to see the military falling. I want to see the military rising to dignified heights of professionalism and true patriotism.

Military failing Dignified heights Professionalism True patriotism
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If you want to bring an end to long-standing conflict, you have to be prepared to compromise.

You want An end Long standing Conflict
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If you choose to do something, then you shouldn't say it's a sacrifice, because nobody forced you to do it.

You choose Do something Shouldn't say A sacrifice
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Fundamental violations of human rights always lead to people feeling less and less human.

Fundamental violations Human right Always lead People feeling
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We want to empower our people; we want to strengthen them; we want to provide them with the kind of qualifications that will enable them to build up their own country themselves.

Empower Our people Strengthen them Qualifications
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I wish people wouldn't think of me as a saint - unless they agree with the definition of a saint that a saint's a sinner who goes on trying.

I wish People Wouldn't think A saint
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I've always been strongly on the side of non-violence.

Been strongly The side Non-violence
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I don't think of myself as unbreakable. Perhaps I'm just rather flexible and adaptable.

Don't think Myself Unbreakable Flexible
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For me, 'revolution' simply means radical change.

Revolution Radical change
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Even one voice can be heard loudly all over the world in this day and age.

One voice Be heard The world
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Human beings the world over need freedom and security that they may be able to realize their full potential.

Human being Need freedom Security Full potential
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We always think that everybody can do a little bit more, if not a lot more.

Everybody Can do Bit more
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