Patriarchy is based on appropriating rights and leaving responsibility to others.

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There shall never be another season of silence until women have the same rights men have on this green earth.

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How many years has it taken people to realize that we are all brothers and sisters and human beings in the human race? I mean how many years does it take people to see that? We're all in this rat race together! -Marsha P. Johnson

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We will either defend the rights of people and the earth, and for that we have to dismantle the rights that corporations have assigned to themselves, or corporations will in the next three decades destroy this planet, in terms of human possibilities.

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Without true celebration discipline is obnoxious.

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I alone cannot change the world, but I can cast a stone across the waters to create many ripples. ― Mother Teresa

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When all other rights are taken away, the right of rebellion is made perfect.

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I'm not an activist; I don't look for controversy. I'm not a political person, but I'm a person with compassion. I care passionately about equal rights. I care about human rights. I care about animal rights.

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The government was set to protect man from criminals-and the constitution was written to protect man from the government. The Bill of Rights was not directed at private citizens, but against the government-as an explicit declaration that individual rights supersede any public or social power.

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Sharing is a much better way to communicate than proving.

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