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markpkessinger

(8,392 posts) Thu Dec 5, 2013, 09:06 PM Dec 2013

Mandela on Poverty

“Like slavery and apartheid, poverty is not natural. It is people who have made poverty and tolerated poverty, and it is people who will overcome it. And overcoming poverty is not a gesture of charity. It is an act of justice. It is the protection of a fundamental human right, the right to dignity and a decent life.”

—Ambassador of Conscience Award Acceptance Speech, November 01, 2006

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Mandela on Poverty (Original Post) markpkessinger Dec 2013 OP

thank you Oscarmonster13 Dec 2013 #1

Oscarmonster13

(209 posts)

1. thank you

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Thu Dec 5, 2013, 11:03 PM

Dec 2013

The planet will miss him as an advocate for freedom, real freedom...
We need more leaders like this now, especially with the coming class wars and shift that needs to happen...

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