"The human rights activity is not the ordinary but the canonical duty of thinkers and artists and they should take it into their consideration."

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“The persons who are interested in the life of ancient polymaths, devote their life to learn and innovate in sciences, arts, and the transfer of their knowledge to the Iranians and the other nations.”

“Being involved in sciences or various arts is not a reason for neglecting the causes of social problems.”

“Science, philosophy, literature and art do not have any value if the ones who are active in these fields keep silence about the executions.”

“Every knowledge in which the reason is involved is not a rational knowledge. It means that any knowledge because the reason is involved in it cannot be considered as a rational knowledge. In a rational knowledge, it is necessary that in addition to the existence of reason, the judgment of reason about the thing that is to be known should be consistent with the reason and be rational. It is also necessary that the result of this knowledge be rational so that we consider that knowledge a rational knowledge .”

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"I’ve said this before -- when human rights are denied and citizens have no opportunity to redress their grievances peacefully, it feeds terrorist propaganda that justifies violence. Likewise, when pol…"

— Barack Obama

Politics1961

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"... Full eleven centuries have passed by since then. Islam has now as great a claim on the soil of India as Hinduism. If Hinduism has been the religion of the people here for several thousands of year…"

— Abul Kalam Azad

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"I do not know how the affair at Canterbury is generally considered; but I have heard individuals of all parties and all opinions speak of it—and never without merriment or indignation. Fifty years hen…"

— Lydia Maria Child

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"It might also be mentioned that Hijrat is not the only way of escape to Muslims who find themselves in a Dar-ul-Harb. There is another injunction of Muslim Cannon Law called Jihad by which it becomes …"

— B. R. Ambedkar

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