You cannot uneducate the person who has learned to read. You cannot humiliate the person who feels pride. You cannot oppress the people who are not afraid anymore.

César Chávez

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Topic

Raising consciousness Literacy Oppression Progress Politics

Speaker

César Chávez

Source

Speeches of César Chávez

Medium

Speech

Genre

Political speech

Language

English

Time

1984 1980s 20th century

Occupation

Labor leader Civil rights activist Activist

From

United States

Authentication Score 1

Original Citation

César Chávez. "What the Future Holds." Commonwealth Club, San Francisco, 9 Nov. 1984.

Current Citation

César Chávez. "Address to the Commonwealth Club of San Francisco, November 9, 1984." The Words of Cesar Chavez. Texas A&M UP, 2002.

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The tragedy of modern man is not that he knows less and less about the meaning of his own life, but that it bothers him less and less.

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Topic
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Language
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Time
1983 1980s 20th century
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Citation

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The philosophers have only interpreted the world in various ways; the point is to change it.

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Revolution Words vs. actions Political progress Progress

Author

Karl Marx
Source
Theses on Feurbach
Genre
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Language
German
Time
1845 1840s 19th century
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Original Citation

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The policy of letting a hundred flowers blossom and a hundred schools of thought contend is designed to promote the flourishing of the arts and the progress of science; it is designed to enable a socialist culture to thrive in our land.

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Topic
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Mao Zedong
Source
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Medium
Speech
Genre
Political speech
Statement Type
Metaphor, analogy and simile
Language
Chinese
Time
1957 1950s 20th century
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Mao Zedong. "On the Correct Handling of Contradictions Among the People." People's Daily, 19 June 1957.

Current Citation

Mao Zedong. "On the Correct Handling of Contradictions Among the People." Selected Works of Mao Tse-Tung. Volume 5. Translated by People's Publishing House. Foreign Languages P, 1977, sect. 8.