I have been forty years a slave and forty years free, and would be here forty years more to have equal rights for all.

Sojourner Truth

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Topic

Equal rights Equality Political progress Politics Activism

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Sojourner Truth

Medium

Speech

Language

English

Time

1867 1860s 19th century

Occupation

Women's rights activist Abolitionist Activist

From

United States

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Citation

Truth, Sojourner. Address to the First Annual Meeting of the American Equal Rights Association. American Equal Rights Association meeting. 9 May 1867, New York, NY, USA.

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I'm not afraid of storms, for I'm learning how to sail my ship.

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Time
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Original Citation

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I am not interested in picking up crumbs of compassion thrown from the table of someone who considers himself my master. I want the full menu of human rights.

Desmond Tutu

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Equality Human rights
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Desmond Tutu
Medium
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Language
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Time
1985 1980s 20th century
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Citation

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Another quote from 1867

Theory of the true civilization.
It is not to be found in gas or steam or table turning, It consists in the diminution of the traces of original sin.

Charles Baudelaire

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Topic
Civilization

Author

Charles Baudelaire
Language
French
Time
1867 1860s 19th century
Authentication Score 3
Original Citation

Baudelaire, Charles. Mon Coeur mis a nu [My Naked Heart]. Paris, 1887, no. 58.

Current Citation

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