Well for one, the 13th amendment to the constitution of the US which abolished slavery - did not abolish slavery for those convicted of a crime.Angela Davis
Jails and prisons are designed to break human beings, to convert the population into specimens in a zoo - obedient to our keepers, but dangerous to each other.Angela Davis
Taking care of children has nothing to do with politics. I think perhaps with time, instead of there being a politicization of humanitarian aid, there will be a humanization of politics.Audrey Hepburn
The 'Third World' is a term I don't like very much because we're all one world. I want people to know that the largest part of humanity is suffering.Audrey Hepburn
Men are so simple and so much inclined to obey immediate needs that a deceiver will never lack victims for his deceptions.Niccolo Machiavelli
Is the destiny of the human species to sit back and play with our mouse and computer and imagine, fantasize?Buzz Aldrin
Human rights problems will always exist for years to come, but maybe they'll lessen somewhat.Buzz Aldrin
When once a certain class of people has been placed by the temporal and spiritual authorities outside the ranks of those whose life has value, then nothing comes more naturally to men than murder.Simone Weil
I would suggest that barbarism be considered as a permanent and universal human characteristic which becomes more or less pronounced according to the play of circumstances.Simone Weil
