“There are more slaves today than at any point in history. 12-27 million forced to work at subsistence pay under threat of violence. The US government estimates 50,000 people work in hidden bondage. 90% are used for sex, indentured domestics or industrial laborers.”
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“You can tell the ideals of a nation by its advertisements.” – Norman Douglas
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“A society grows great when old men plant trees whose shade they know they shall never sit in.” – Old Greek proverb
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“In societies where men are truly confident of their own worth, women are not merely tolerated but valued.” – Aung San Suu Kyi
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“There’s a stereotype that black people are lazy. I don’t know if that’s true, but I know white people went all the way to Africa to get out of doing work.” – Lance Crouther
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“There is not only a physical deafness which largely cuts people off from social life; there is also a “hardness of hearing” where God is concerned.” – Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI
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“To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
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“A free society is a society where it is safe to be unpopular.” – Adlai Stevenson
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“Any society, any nation, is judged on the basis of how it treats its weakest members.”
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“Privilege, almost by definition, requires that someone pay the price for its enjoyment.” – Paula Ross
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