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“Because to take away a man's freedom of choice, even his freedom to make the wrong choice, is to manipulate him as though he were a puppet and not a person.”
― Madeline L'Engle

tags: abuse-of-authority, abuse-of-power, autonomy, choice, control, freedom-of-choice, manipulation, oppression, puppet

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#3

“Knowledge makes a man unfit to be a slave.”
― Frederick Douglass

tags: abolition, human-rights, politics, slavery, suffrage

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#4

“Until justice rolls down like water and righteousness like a mighty stream.”
― Martin Luther King Jr.

tags: america, freedom, human-rights, inspirational, justice, peace, pride, righteousness, stream, water

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#4

“Within a system which denies the existence of basic human rights, fear tends to be the order of the day. Fear of imprisonment, fear of torture, fear of death, fear of losing friends, family, property or means of livelihood, fear of poverty, fear of isolation, fear of failure. A most insidious form of fear is that which masquerades as common sense or even wisdom, condemning as foolish, reckless, insignificant or futile the small, daily acts of courage which help to preserve man's self-respect and inherent human dignity. It is not easy for a people conditioned by fear under the iron rule of the principle that might is right to free themselves from the enervating miasma of fear. Yet even under the most crushing state machinery courage rises up again and again, for fear is not the natural state of civilized man.”
― Aung San Suu Kyi, Freedom from Fear

tags: civilization, dictatorship, dignity, fear, freedom, human-rights, oppression, self-respect

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#5

“Literacy is a bridge from misery to hope. It is a tool for daily life in modern society. It is a bulwark against poverty, and a building block of development, an essential complement to investments in roads, dams, clinics and factories. Literacy is a platform for democratization, and a vehicle for the promotion of cultural and national identity. Especially for girls and women, it is an agent of family health and nutrition. For everyone, everywhere, literacy is, along with education in general, a basic human right.... Literacy is, finally, the road to human progress and the means through which every man, woman and child can realize his or her full potential.”
― Kofi Annan

tags: human-rights, literacy

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#7

“To cheapen the lives of any group of men, cheapens the lives of all men, even our own. This is a law of human psychology, or human nature. And it will not be repealed by our wishes, nor will it be merciful to our blindness.”
― William Pickens

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#8

“The rights of every man are diminished when the rights of one man are threatened.”
― John F. Kennedy

tags: human-rights, inspirational, politics

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#9

“Love art in yourself, and not yourself in art.”
― Constantin Stanislavski, My Life In Art

tags: art, inspirational, theatre

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#10

“I dream of giving birth to a child who will ask,
Mother, what was war?”
― Eve Merriam

tags: child, mother, war

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#11

“People shouldn't be afraid of their government. Governments should be afraid of their people.”
― Alan Moore, V for Vendetta

tags: democracy, equality, government, misattributed

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#12

“Normal is an illusion. What is normal for the spider is chaos for the fly.”
― Charles Addams

tags: humor, life, morticia-addams

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#13

“As long as Man continues to be the ruthless destroyer of lower living beings, he will never know health or peace. For as long as men massacre animals, they will kill each other. Indeed, he who sows the seed of murder and pain cannot reap joy and love.”
― Pythagoras

tags: compassion, love, peace, vegan, vegetarian

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#14

“Be silent or let thy words be worth more than silence.”
― Pythagoras

tags: silence, words

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#15

“If there be light, then there is darkness; if cold, heat; if height, depth; if solid, fluid; if hard, soft; if rough, smooth; if calm, tempest; if prosperity, adversity; if life, death.”
― Pythagoras

tags: darkness, death, life, light

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#16

“No one is free who has not obtained the empire of himself. No man is free who cannot command himself.”
― Pythagoras

tags: individuation, know-thyself

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#17

“Do not say a little in many words, but a great deal in few!”
― pythagoras

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#18

“There is geometry in the humming of the strings. There is music in the spacing of the spheres. ”
― Pythagoras

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#19

“You must not ever stop being whimsical. And you must not, ever, give anyone else the responsibility for your life.”
― Mary Oliver, Wild Geese

tags: inspiration, life, whimsy

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#20

“Love, n. A temporary insanity curable by marriage.”
― Ambrose Bierce, The Unabridged Devil's Dictionary

tags: insanity, love, marriage

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#21

“Speak when you are angry and you will make the best speech you will ever regret.”
― Ambrose Bierce

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#22

“The covers of this book are too far apart.”
― Ambrose Bierce

tags: attributed-no-source, books, criticism, humor, wit

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#23

“Quotation, n: The act of repeating erroneously the words of another.”
― Ambrose Bierce, The Unabridged Devil's Dictionary

tags: definitions, humor, quotations, quotes, satire

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#24

“Sweater, n. Garment worn by child when its mother is feeling chilly.”
― Ambrose Bierce, The Unabridged Devil's Dictionary

tags: child, children, clothes, clothing, definition, humor, mothering, mothers, sweaters

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#25

“Egotist, n. A person of low taste, more interested in himself than in me.”
― Ambrose Bierce, The Unabridged Devil's Dictionary

tags: egotism, humor, sarcasm, taste

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#26

“All are lunatics, but he who can analyze his delusion is called a philosopher.”
― Ambrose Bierce, The Collected Writings Of Ambrose Bierce

tags: delusion, humor, lunatics, philosopher

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#27

“Patience, n. A minor form of despair, disguised as a virtue”
― Ambrose Bierce, The Unabridged Devil's Dictionary

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#28

“Selfish, adj. Devoid of consideration for the selfishness of others.”
― Ambrose Bierce, The Unabridged Devil's Dictionary

tags: definition, humor

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#29

“Pray, v. To ask that the laws of the universe be annulled in behalf of a single petitioner, confessedly unworthy.”
― Ambrose Bierce, The Unabridged Devil's Dictionary

tags: definition, humor, universe

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#30

“Ocean, n. A body of water occupying about two-thirds of a world made for man — who has no gills.”
― Ambrose Bierce, The Unabridged Devil's Dictionary

tags: definition, humor, ocean, water

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#31

“Cynic, n. A blackguard whose faulty vision sees things as they are not as they ought to be.”
― Ambrose Bierce, The Unabridged Devil's Dictionary

tags: cynicism, definition, honesty

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