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Justice demands integrity. It’s to have a moral universe – not only know what is right or wrong but to put things in perspective, weigh things. Justice is different from violence and retribution; it requires complex accounting.
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Complex Demand Integrity Justice Moral Perspective Requirement Right Universe Weight Wrong
I will not have my life narrowed down. I will not bow down to somebody else’s whim or to someone else’s ignorance.
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Believe Ignorance Inspirational Life Women Power
To love well is the task in all meaningful relationships, not just romantic bonds.
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Bond Love Relationship Romantic Task
One of the most subversive institutions in the United States is the public library.
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Country Institution Library Public
The political core of any movement for freedom in the society has to have the political imperative to protect free speech.
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Freedom Movement Politics Protection Society Speech
Forgiveness and compassion are always linked: how do we hold people accountable for wrongdoing and yet at the same time remain in touch with their humanity enough to believe in their capacity to be transformed?
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Account Believe Capacity Compassion Forgiveness Humanity Time Transfomation Wrong
All our silences in the face of racist assault are acts of complicity.
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Act Feminism Racism Silence
I began writing a book on love because I felt that the United States is moving away from love.
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Book Country Love Writing
If we want a beloved community, we must stand for justice.
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Beloved Community Justice Stand
The rage of the oppressed is never the same as the rage of the privileged.
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Oppression Privilege Rage
The people I love, I’m committed to loving for the rest of my life.
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Commitment Life Love People
To be truly visionary we have to root our imagination in our concrete reality while simultaneously imagining possibilities beyond that reality.
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Beyond Imagination Possible Reality Vision
When we face pain in relationships our first response is often to sever bonds rather than to maintain commitment.
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Bond Commitment Couple Maintain Pain Relationship Response
I feel that my environment reflects my belief in the grace and art and elegance of living simply.
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Art Belief Elegance Environment Grace Live Reflection
I think life experiences are different for people who know what they want as children.
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Children Different Experience Life People
Sometimes people try to destroy you, precisely because they recognize your power – not because they don’t see it, but because they see it and they don’t want it to exist.
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Destroy Existence Human Nature People Power Recognize See

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