“By Rachel Corrie, aged 10 — 1990 I’m here for other children. I’m here because I care. I’m here because children everywhere are suffering and because forty thousand people die each day from hunger. I’m here because those people are mostly children. We have got to understand that the poor are all around us and we are ignoring them. We have got to understand that these deaths are preventable. We have got to understand that people in third world countries think and care and smile and cry just like us. We have got to understand that they dream our dreams and we dream theirs. We have got to understand that they are us. We are them. My dream is to stop hunger by the year 2000. My dream is to give the poor a chance. My dream is to save the 40,000 people who die each day. My dream can and will come true if we all look into the future and see the light that shines there. If we ignore hunger, that light will go out. If we all help and work together, it will grow and burn free with the potential of tomorrow.”
Quote by Rachel Corrie
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Rachel Corrie was an American peace activist who gained international attention for her efforts to protect Palestinian civilians in the Gaza Strip during the second intifada. Born on April 10, 1979, in Olympia, Washington, she tragically died on March 16, 2003, at the age of 24. Corrie's activism was characterized by her direct action against the Israeli military occupation, including attempting to block the demolition of Palestinian homes. more
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