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“Like slavery and apartheid, poverty is not natural. It is man-made and it can be overcome and eradicated by the action of human beings.” -Nelson Mandela

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"When people go back in time in movies or books they are often afraid of doing any small thing because it might drastically change the future. Yet people in the present don't realize the small things they do will change the future in ways they can't even imagine." -/u/Reichukey

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"Men will never be free until the last king is strangled with the entrails of the last priest."-Denis Diderot (attributed)

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"It is the greatest of all mistakes, to do nothing because you can only do little."-Reverend Sydney Smith

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"When the last tree is cut, the last fish is caught, and the last river is polluted; when to breathe the air is sickening, you will realize, too late, that wealth is not in bank accounts and that you can’t eat money."-Alanis Obomsawin

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Title	Upvotes	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
“Like slavery and apartheid, poverty is not natural. It is man-made and it can be overcome and eradicated by the action of human beings.” -Nelson Mandela	191
"When people go back in time in movies or books they are often afraid of doing any small thing because it might drastically change the future. Yet people in the present don't realize the small things they do will change the future in ways they can't even imagine." -/u/Reichukey	111
"Men will never be free until the last king is strangled with the entrails of the last priest."-Denis Diderot (attributed)	98
"It is the greatest of all mistakes, to do nothing because you can only do little."-Reverend Sydney Smith	48
"When the last tree is cut, the last fish is caught, and the last river is polluted; when to breathe the air is sickening, you will realize, too late, that wealth is not in bank accounts and that you can’t eat money."-Alanis Obomsawin	26