#divided

In my country of South Africa, we struggled for years against the evil system of apartheid that divided human beings, children of the same God, by racial classification and then denied many of them fundamental human rights. ↗

— Desmond Tutu

#against #apartheid #beings #children #classification

God gave us all exactly the same fingers, arms, legs, and feet, but in our different countries we divided them all a little differently as we feel it, do you understand? ↗

— Ninette de Valois

#countries #different #different countries #differently #divided

The worker can unionize, go out on strike; mothers are divided from each other in homes, tied to their children by compassionate bonds; our wildcat strikes have most often taken the form of physical or mental breakdown. ↗

— Adrienne Rich

#breakdown #children #compassionate #divided #each

After the 1954 Geneva international conference, Vietnam was divided into two parts. On paper, North and South Vietnam were twin countries born at the same moment. ↗

— Nguyen Cao Ky

#born #conference #countries #divided #geneva

Therefore God is one, if that which admits of so great power can be nothing else: and yet those who deem that there are many gods, say that they have divided their functions among themselves; but we will discuss all these matters at their proper places. ↗

— Lactantius

#deem #discuss #divided #else #functions

The black community now in many ways divided itself the way the larger white community divides itself, over class issues. And that race is no longer the bond that it once was. That's one of the prices you pay for progress. ↗

— Ed Smith

#black community #bond #class #community #divided

Don't live your life like a movie. Always thinkin you could've been something. Don't live your life for me or for anyone. You live your life as if you're one. ↗

— Tegan Quin

#divided #live-your-life-as-if-you-re-one #tegan-and-sara #you-could-ve-been-something #life

United we stand, divided we fall. ↗

— Aesop

#fall #stand #united

It seemed the world was divided into good and bad people. The good ones slept better while the bad ones seemed to enjoy the waking hours much more. ↗

— Woody Allen

#bad people #better #divided #enjoy #good

When Lebanon started its resistance it was a small and divided country. ↗

— Bashar al-Assad

#divided #lebanon #resistance #small #started