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3. “To deny people of their human rights is to challenge their very humanity. To impose on them a wretched life of hunger and deprivation is to dehumanize them. But such has been the terrible fate of all black persons in our country under the system of apartheid.”
Nelson Mandela
Human Rights, Dehumanization, Apartheid, Justice, Humanity
7. “The UN took a strong stand against apartheid; and over the years, an international consensus was built, which helped to bring an end to this iniquitous system. But we know too well that our freedom is incomplete without the freedom of the Palestinians.” Nelson Mandela Apartheid, Freedom, International Consensus, Human Rights, Solidarity
15. “This must be a world of democracy and respect for human rights, a world freed from the horrors of poverty, hunger, deprivation and ignorance, relieved of the threat and the scourge of civil wars and external aggression and unburdened of the great tragedy of millions forced to become refugees.” Nelson Mandela Democracy, Human Rights, Poverty, Peace, Justice
24. “The very right to be human is denied every day to hundreds of millions of people as a result of poverty, the unavailability of basic necessities such as food, jobs, water and shelter, education, health care, and a healthy environment.” Nelson Mandela Human Rights, Poverty, Basic Needs, Justice, Inequality
29. “If a society permits one portion of its citizenry to be menaced or destroyed, then, very soon, no one in that society is safe. The forces thus released in the people can never be held in check, but run their devouring course, destroying the very foundations which it was imagined they would save.” James Baldwin Social Justice, Inequality, Human Rights, Collective Safety, Social Unrest
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3. “To deny people of their human rights is to challenge their very humanity. To impose on them a wretched life of hunger and deprivation is to dehumanize them. But such has been the terrible fate of all black persons in our country under the system of apartheid.”
Nelson Mandela Human Rights, Dehumanization, Apartheid, Justice, Humanity
7. “The UN took a strong stand against apartheid; and over the years, an international consensus was built, which helped to bring an end to this iniquitous system. But we know too well that our freedom is incomplete without the freedom of the Palestinians.”
Nelson Mandela Apartheid, Freedom, International Consensus, Human Rights, Solidarity
15. “This must be a world of democracy and respect for human rights, a world freed from the horrors of poverty, hunger, deprivation and ignorance, relieved of the threat and the scourge of civil wars and external aggression and unburdened of the great tragedy of millions forced to become refugees.”
Nelson Mandela Democracy, Human Rights, Poverty, Peace, Justice
24. “The very right to be human is denied every day to hundreds of millions of people as a result of poverty, the unavailability of basic necessities such as food, jobs, water and shelter, education, health care, and a healthy environment.”
Nelson Mandela Human Rights, Poverty, Basic Needs, Justice, Inequality
29. “If a society permits one portion of its citizenry to be menaced or destroyed, then, very soon, no one in that society is safe. The forces thus released in the people can never be held in check, but run their devouring course, destroying the very foundations which it was imagined they would save.”
James Baldwin Social Justice, Inequality, Human Rights, Collective Safety, Social Unrest
