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"We carry scars in our minds and bodies as toxins. Our failure to sit together and acknowledge to one another the wounds and pain of our divided past is undermining our humanity."

— 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."

"Why would a person's education be interrupted because they refused to wave a flag?"

"You either get destroyed by pain or you get strengthened by it."

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