The likelihood that your acts of resistance cannot stop the injustice …

Susan Sontag
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The likelihood that your acts of resistance cannot stop the injustice does not exempt you from acting in what you sincerely and reflectively hold to be the best interests of your community. ✨ Susan Sontag (2007). At the Same Time: Essays and Speeches, p.243, Macmillan
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The likelihood that your acts of resistance cannot stop the injustice does not exempt you from acting in what you sincerely and reflectively hold to be the best interests of your community. ✨ Susan Sontag (2007). At the Same Time: Essays and Speeches, p.243, Macmillan

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