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"We can't be free ourselves if we can't free our women. "

— Cesar Chavez

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The boycott, as Gandhi taught, is the most nearly perfect instrument for nonviolent change, allowing masses of people to participate actively in a cause.

My friends, Dr. King realized that the only real wealth comes from helping others.

We don't know how God chooses martyrs. We do know that they give us the most precious gift they possess — their very lives.

We are suffering. We have suffered, and we are not afraid to suffer in order to win our cause.

The Plan of Delano (1965)

I became a vegetarian after realizing that animals feel afraid, cold, hungry and unhappy like we (humans) do.

Lumen (1986)

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The worker is the slave of capitalist society, the female worker is the slave of that slave.

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There is a Lady sweet and kind,
Was never face so pleased my mind;
I did but see her passing by,
And yet I love her till I die.

Thomas Ford

To call woman the weaker sex is a libel; it is man's injustice to woman.

Mahatma Gandhi

We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men and women are created equal.

Elizabeth Cady Stanton

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