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“If everyone who wants to see an end to poverty, hunger and suffering speaks out, then the noise will be deafening.”

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Desmond Tutu, born on October 7, 1931, was a prominent anti-apartheid activist, theologian, and author from South Africa. He played a significant role in the abolition of apartheid in South Africa and was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1984 for his efforts. more

“You think that your silence on certain topics, perhaps in the face of injustice, or unkindness, or mean-spiritedness, causes others to reserve judgement of you. Far otherwise; your silence utters very loud: you have no oracle to speak, no wisdom to offer, and your fellow men have learned that you cannot help them. Doth not wisdom cry, and understanding put forth her voice? We would be well to do likewise.”

“Hungry not only for bread - but hungry for love. Naked not only for clothing - but naked of human dignity and respect. Homeless not only for want of a home of bricks - but homeless because of rejection.”

Want Love Humans Home Kindness Dignity Hungry Bread Naked Rejection Clothings Homeless Bricks Human Dignity Dignity And Respect Hungry For Love

Book:Mother Teresa: Essential Writings

Source: Mother Teresa: Essential Writings

“Public education is the key civil rights issue of the 21st century. Our nation's knowledge-based economy demands that we provide young people from all backgrounds and circumstances with the education and skills necessary to become knowledge workers. If we don't, we run the risk of creating an even larger gap between the middle class and the poor. This gap threatens our democracy, our society and the economic future of America.”

“With a small fraction of the hundreds of billions of dollars spent on the Iraq war, the US and Australia could ensure every starving, sunken-eyed child on the planet could be well fed, have clean water and sanitation and a local school to go to.”

Wells Children War School Water Money Poverty Planets Dollars Clean Iraq Billions Locals Australia Feds Starving Fractions Iraq War Clean Water Sanitation

Author:Bob Brown

“Terrorism isn't insanity. It grows out of social conditions that are well known: poverty, social oppression, dictatorship, and a void of meaning in the lives of ordinary people.”

People Life Wells Social Grows Known Poverty Conditions Ordinary Terrorism Oppression Insanity Void Dictatorship Well Known Ordinary People Social Conditions

Author:Deepak Chopra

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