Alice Paul
Suffragist, Activist
"Abortion is the ultimate exploitation of women."
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Exploitation
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Bertrand Russell
Philosopher, Mathematician
"I dislike Communism because it is undemocratic, and capitalism because it favors exploitation."
Immanuel Wallerstein
Sociologist
"People resist exploitation. They resist as actively as they can, as passively as they must."
Emile M. Cioran
Philosopher, Essayist
"To read is to let someone else work for you - the most delicate form of exploitation."
Assata Shakur
Activist
"Racism had grown out of slavery and exploitation and was very hard to eradicate quickly and completely."
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"My patriotism is not an exclusive thing. It is all-embracing and I should reject that patriotism which sought to mount the distress or exploitation of other nationalities."
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"Exploitation is not exclusively capitalist, but wealth creation is."
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"An India free from exploitation from within and without must prosper with astonishing rapidity."
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