If you are neutral in times of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor.

Desmond Tutu
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The words in this quote mean a lot in today’s generation. People are constantly being oppressed and when they don’t speak out against the evil ones, it is proof that they don’t believe in what they believe in. In the past, people only spoke when something good was happening. For example, if a man was being tortured by his boss, he would not speak up about it because it would be a waste of breath to talk about something that doesn’t happen. Nowadays, the world is full of injustices and people are encouraged to speak out against them.

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