It is impossible to enslave, mentally or socially, a bible-reading people. The principles of the bible are the groundwork of human freedom.
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Horace Greeley
Time is on the side of the oppressed today, it's against the oppressor. Truth is on the side of the oppressed today, it's against the oppressor. You don't need anything else.
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Malcolm X
And the truth must finally lie in that which every oppressed individual feels within himself but hasn't the courage to express
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Wilhelm Reich
Just like freedom, Truth is not cheap. Yet both are worth more than all the gold in the world. But what is freedom, if there is no truth? And what is truth, if there is no freedom? Both are worth fighting for – because one...
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Suzy Kassem
I think that when in doubt about the truth of an issue, it's safer and in better taste to select the least numerous of the adversaries.
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Ayn Rand
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