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"South Africa does not have a poverty problem. Poverty is a result of denialism of the way corruption taxes poor people, the inefficiencies that undermine poor people's opportunities and our refusal to admit that we are part of the problem."

— Mamphela Ramphele

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"True liberation comes not only from political freedom but also from economic and social justice."

"If your mind is imprisoned, you're imprisoned."

"Attitudes toward other creatures is conditioned by one's level of security within the universe."

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