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“Whenever a separation is made between liberty and justice, neither, in my opinion, is safe.”

Made Justice Freedom Liberty Opinion Safe Social Justice Separation Fairness Liberty And Justice

Book:The Portable Edmund Burke

Source: The Portable Edmund Burke

“The unity of freedom has never relied on uniformity of opinion.”

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Book:Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: John F. Kennedy, 1963

Source: Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: John F. Kennedy, 1963

“By liberty I mean the assurance that every man shall be protected in doing what he believes to be his duty against the influences of authority and majorities, custom and opinion.”

Source: The History of Freedom (and other Essays)

“I could never divide myself from any man upon the difference of an opinion, or be angry with his judgment for not agreeing with me in that from which perhaps within a few days I should dissent myself.”

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Book:Religio Medici: Hydriotaphia : and the Letter to a Friend

Source: Religio Medici: Hydriotaphia : and the Letter to a Friend

“Some years ago I said in an opinion that if this country is a melting pot, then either the Afro-Americans didn't get in the pot or he didn't get melted down.”

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Author:Thurgood Marshall

“There never were, in the world, two opinions alike, no more than two hairs, or two grains; the most universal quality is diversity.”

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Book:Essays of Montaigne

Source: Essays of Montaigne

“I am of the opinion that my life belongs to the whole community and as long as I live, it is my privilege to do for it whatever I can.”

“It would be an endless task to trace the variety of meannesses, cares, and sorrows into which women are plunged by the prevailing opinion that they were created rather to feel than reason, and that all the power they obtain must be obtained by their charms and weaknesses.”

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Author:Mary Wollstonecraft

“The more I consider the condition of the white men, the more fixed becomes my opinion that, instead of gaining, they have lost much by subjecting themselves to what they call the laws and regulations of civilized socieities.”

“The longer we listen to one another - with real attention - the more commonality we will find in all our lives. That is, if we are careful to exchange with one another life stories and not simply opinions.”

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Author:Barbara Deming

“I don’t mind expressing my opinions and speaking out against injustice. I would be doing this even if I wasn’t a writer. I grew up in a household that believed in social justice. I have always understood myself as having an obligation to stand on the side of the silenced, the oppressed, and the mistreated.”

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Author:Tayari Jones

“But if you're asking my opinion, I would argue that a social justice approach should be central to medicine and utilized to be central to public health. This could be very simple: the well should take care of the sick.”

Ifs Should Wells Care Social Justice Simple Opinion Approach Sick Asking Social Justice Medicine Take Care Arguing Public Health

Author:Paul Farmer