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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Topic

Equality Human rights

Speaker

Desmond Tutu

Medium

Interview TV program

Language

English

Time

1985 1980s 20th century

Occupation

Nobel laureate Anti-apartheid activist Clergyman Activist

From

South Africa Africa

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Citation

Tutu, Desmond. The Today Show, NBC, 9 Jan. 1985.

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There is only one question which really matters: why do bad things happen to good people?

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When Bad Things Happen to Good People
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Time
1981 1980s 20th century
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Kushner, Harold. When Bad Things Happen to Good People. Schocken Books, 1981, ch. 1.

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What I mean by Socialism is a condition of society in which there should be neither rich nor poor, neither master nor master's man, neither idle nor overworked, neither brain-sick brain workers nor heart-sick hand workers, in a word, in which all men would be living in equality of condition, and would manage their affairs unwastefully, and with the full consciousness that harm to one would mean harm to all-the realization at last of the meaning of the word commonwealth.

William Morris

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Socialism Economic equality Equality

Author

William Morris
Source
How I Became a Socialist
Genre
Political literature
Language
English
Time
1894 1890s 19th century
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Morris, William. "How I Became a Socialist." Justice, 16 June 1894.

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