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Human rights require a dedication to equality at every intersection of life.



Angelica Ross, NWLC
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By truly embracing transgender equality, I believe we can all begin to define what it means to be a man or a woman on our own terms and liberate ourselves from the gender oppression we impose on ourselves and each other.



Laverne Cox, Global Citizen
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The goal in the end is not to win elections. The goal is to change society.

4/7/2020

Paul Krugman, http://www.notable-quotes.com/p/politics_quotes_iv.html
#society #change #elections
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The demand for equal rights in every vocation of life is just and fair; but, after all, the most vital right is the right to love and be loved.

4/6/2020

Emma Goldman, https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/emma_goldman_150912?src=t_equal_rights
#equality #community #humanrights
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If you don't believe this election is important, if you think you can sit it out, take a moment to think about the Supreme Court justices that Donald Trump would nominate and what that would mean to civil liberties, equal rights, and the future of our country.

4/6/2020

Bernie Sanders, https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/bernie_sanders_763664?src=t_equal_rights
#equality #election #politics
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The obligation of the government to protect the public health, safety, morals and general welfare.

4/6/2020

Allan Wolf, https://www.onlinemastersinpublichealth.com/25-powerful-public-health-quotes/
#morals#safetyHealth
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“The death penalty is not about whether people deserve to die for the crimes they commit. The real question of capital punishment in this country is, Do we deserve to kill?”



Bryan Stevenson, https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/tag/social-justice
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“For all those that have to fight for the respect that everyone else is given without question.”



N.K. Jemisin, https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/tag/social-justice
equalityrightssociety
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"Law without justice is a wound without a cure"



William Scott Downey, http://www.notable-quotes.com/j/justice_quotes.html
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