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Desmond Tutu Theologian, Activist
America

"There would be those of us who say that in many ways, you worry about what the Jews in Israel are doing to themselves. Yes, they may at the moment have incredible power and are supported almost unconditionally by especially America, but most of the West as well. Yet what they are doing is contrary to the best teaching and highest teachings of their faith."

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Don King Promoter
America

"If you are a blackman in America and get stopped by the police, make sure you have a vidio camera. Don't rely on some passerby to film the beating. Rodney King was just lucky."

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Cornel West Philosopher
America

"Frederick Douglas's agenda was an agenda, not for black people to get out of slavery. It was for America to become a better democracy. And it's spilt over for women's rights; it's split over for worker's rights and so forth."

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Bill Hicks Comedian, Writer
America

"To me pornography is...spending all your money and not educating the people in America, but spending it instead on weapons."

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Upton Sinclair Novelist, Activist
America

"We define journalism in America as the business and practice of presenting the news of the day in the interest of economic privilege."

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Thomas Jefferson Politician, Founding Father
America

"No provision in our Constitution ought to be dearer to man than that which protects the rights of conscience against the enterprises of the civil authority."

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Tupac Shakur Rapper, Actor, Activist
America

"Everybody against me. Why? Why me? I have not brought violence to you. I have not brought Thug Life to America. I didn't create Thug Life. I diagnosed it."

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Ronald Reagan Politician, Actor
America

"The dustbin of history is littered with remains of those countries that relied on diplomacy to secure their freedom. We must never forget . . . in the final analysis . . . that it is our military, industrial and economic strength that offers the best guarantee of peace for America in times of danger."

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