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THEME 3 APPENDIX

9 Wise Sayings 12 GRADE
th

1 Read the quotes below and discuss with your partner what kinds of social problems they
might have expressed.

2 “First, it was necessary to civilize man in relation to man. Now it is necessary to civilize man in relation
to nature and the animals.” Victor Hugo

3 “Freedom cannot be achieved unless the women have been emancipated from all forms of
oppression.” Nelson Mandela

4 “There is no trust more sacred than the one the world holds with children. There is no duty more
important than ensuring that their rights are respected, that their welfare is protected, that their lives
are free from fear and want and that they can grow up in peace.” Kofi Annan

5 “There is no greater disability in society, than the inability to see a person as more.” Robert M. Hensel

6 “I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged
by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character.” Martin Luther King

7 “The worst form of inequality is to try to make unequal things equal.” Aristotle

8 “Our task must be to free ourselves by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all living
creatures and the whole of nature and its beauty.” Albert Einstein

9 “If liberty means anything at all, it means the right to tell people what they do not want to hear.”
George Orwell

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