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• That soul-destroying, meaningless, mechanical, moronic work is an insult to human nature which must necessarily and inevitably produce either escapism or aggression, and that no amount of 'bread and circuses' can compensate for the damage done-these are facts which are neither denied nor acknowledged but are met with an unbreakable conspiracy of silence-because to deny them would be too obviously absurd and to acknowledge them would condemn the central preoccupation of modern society as a crime against humanity.

  E. F. Schumacher

  Silence, Soul, Humanity

  E.F. Schumacher (1975). “Small is Beautiful”

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• No child in Africa, and in fact anywhere in the world, should be denied education.

  Nelson Mandela

  Children, World, Facts

  Nelson Mandela (2011). “Nelson Mandela By Himself: The Authorised Book of Quotations”, p.128, Pan Macmillan

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• Do not wait and hope to be discovered...make yourself so you cannot be denied!

  Jamie McCall

  Waiting

  FaceBook post by Jamie McCall from Jan 23, 2013

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• Whatever happens in your life, no matter how troubling things might seem, do not enter the neighbourhood of despair. Even when all doors remained closed, God will open up a new path only for you. Be thankful! It is easy to be thankful when all is well. A Sufi is thankful not only for what he has been given but also for all that he has been denied.

  Shams Tabrizi

  Doors, Being Thankful, Despair

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• No society can legitimately call itself civilized if a sick person is denied medical aid because of lack of means.

  Aneurin Bevan

  Mean, Sick, Medical

  David A. Reisman, Aneurin Bevan (1996). “In Place of Fear”, Pickering & Chatto Publishers

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• Justice too long delayed is justice denied.

  Martin Luther King, Jr.

  Direct Action, Long, Justice

  Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (2013). “A Time to Break Silence: The Essential Works of Martin Luther King, Jr., for Students”, p.97, Beacon Press

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• As I got to know the people of the Civil Rights Movement, I realized...
  I am the hopeful black woman who was denied her right to vote.
  I am the caring white supporter killed on the front lines of freedom.
  I am the unarmed black kid who maybe needed a hand, but instead was given a bullet. I am the two fallen police officers murdered in the line of duty. 'Selma' has awakened my humanity.

  Common

  Kids, Caring, Rights

  "72nd Golden Globe Awards". www.imdb.com. 2015.

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• The very right to be human is denied every day to hundreds of millions of people as a result of poverty, the unavailability of basic necessities such as food, jobs, water and shelter, education, health care and a healthy environment.

  Nelson Mandela

  Jobs, People, Water

  Nelson Mandela (2003). “Nelson Mandela: from freedom to the future : tributes and speeches”, Jonathan Ball Publishers

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• If you know how to keep yourself pleasant within, irrespective of what is happening around you, Ultimate Liberation cannot be denied to you.

  Jaggi Vasudev

  Spiritual, Yoga, Meditation

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• He had undoubtedly not availed himself of the ministry archives, archives that might have revealed to him that Iranian diplomats in Paris, from this, his own Foreign Ministry, had taken it upon themselves to issue Iranian passports to Jews escaping the very Holocaust they were aware of, but that he now denied.

  Hooman Majd

  Taken, Escaping, Paris

  Hooman Majd (2013). “The Ayatollah Begs to Differ: The Paradox of Modern Iran”, p.52, Penguin UK

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• It remains an irrefragable law of history that contemporaries are denied a recognition of the early beginnings of the great movements which determine their times.

  Stefan Zweig

  Law, Movement, Recognition

  Stefan Zweig (1943). “The World of Yesterday: An Autobiography”, N.Y. : Viking Press

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• A Letter is a Joy of Earth - It is denied the Gods

  Emily Dickinson

  Joy, Earth, Letters

  Emily Dickinson, Thomas Herbert Johnson, Theodora Ward (1986). “The Letters of Emily Dickinson”, p.807, Harvard University Press

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• We must never forget that many around the globe are denied the basic rights we enjoy as Americans. If we are to continue enjoying these privileges and freedoms we must accept our mission of expanding democracy around the globe.

  James Inhofe

  Rights, Democracy, Privilege

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• Dreams die hard and we watch them erode, but we cannot be denied the fire inside.

  Bob Seger

  Dream, Fire, Watches

  Song: The Fire Inside, Album: Greatest Hits

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• ...[T]he Constitution conferred only a few specific powers on the federal government, all others being denied to it (as the Tenth Amendment would make plain). Unfortunately, only a tiny fraction of the U.S. population today - subtle logicians like you - can grasp such nuances. Too bad. The Constitution wasn't meant to be a brain-twister.

  Joseph Sobran

  Government, Brain, Population

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• Momma tried to raise me better, but her pleading I denied, and that leaves only me to blame, cause Momma tried.

  Merle Haggard

  Family, Causes, Blame

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• Experience hobbles progress and leads to abandonment of difficult problems; it encourages the initiated to walk on the shady side of the street in the direction of experiences that have been pleasant. Youth without experience attacks the unsolved problems which maturer age with experience avoids, and from the labors of youth comes progress. Youth has dreams and visions, and will not be denied.

  William James Mayo

  Dream, Science, Vision

  William James Mayo (1921). “In the time of Henry Jacob Bigelow”

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• Love is all there is, it makes the world go around. Love and only love, it can't be denied.

  Bob Dylan

  Love, World, Love Is

  Song: I Threw It All Away

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• Democracy derailed is democracy denied.

  Chaka Fattah

  Democracy

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• Their prejudice allowed white Southerners to look the other way when blacks were denied their most basic human rights, and it encouraged the worst of them to engage in unspeakable acts of cruelty and violence.

  Linda Chavez

  White, Rights, Violence

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• Friendship, peculiar boon of Heaven, The noble mind's delight and pride, To men and angels only given, To all the lower world denied.

  Samuel Johnson

  Angel, Pride, Men

  Samuel Johnson (1820). “The Poems of Dr. Samuel Johnson. To which is Prefixed, a Life of the Author”, p.41

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• The wisdom of hindsight, so useful to historians and indeed to authors of memoirs, is sadly denied to practicing politicians.

  Margaret Thatcher

  History, Politician, Hindsight

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• Never believe a rumour until you hear it officially denied.

  John Mortimer

  Believe, Belief, Rumours

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• Our citizens will lose their confidence or trust in the values and principles of the international community, especially if our personal identity is denied.

  Boris Trajkovski

  Confidence, Community, Identity

  "Man of Vision: Interview with the President Of the Republic of Macedonia Mr. Boris Trajkovski". "Macedonia: A Nation at a Crossroads" by Sam Vaknin, February 12, 2009.

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• Prayer is the little implement
  Through which Men reach
  Where Presence - is denied them.
  They fling their Speech
  By means of it - in God's Ear -
  If then He hear -
  This sums the Apparatus
  Comprised in Prayer

  Emily Dickinson

  Prayer, Mean, Men

  Emily Dickinson, Helen Vendler (2010). “Dickinson”, p.276, Harvard University Press

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