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In South Africa, we could not have achieved our freedom and just peace without the help of people around the world, who through the use of non-violent means, such as boycotts and divestment, encouraged their governments and other corporate actors to reverse decades-long support for the Apartheid regime.

~Desmond Tutu

Topics: Achieved Actor Africa Apartheid Around Boycott Corporate Could Encouraged Freedom Governments Help Just Means Other Our Peace People Regime Reverse South South Africa Support Through Use Who Without World

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As consumers, we are making choices,and we allow things to exist, and we celebrate the existence of things. And we can also boycott those things we don't want to be part of.

~Diego Luna

Topics: Allow Also Boycott Celebrate Consumers Exist Existence Making Part Things Those Want

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There were three Selma-to-Montgomery marches in March 1965, and Rosa Parks had missed the first one. Parks, whose act of civil disobedience sparked the Montgomery bus boycott in 1955, moved to Detroit two years later for safety reasons.

~Douglas Brinkley

Topics: Act Boycott Bus Civil Detroit Disobedience First First One Had Later March Marches Missed Montgomery Moved Parks Reasons Rosa Rosa Parks Safety Three Two Were Whose Years

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Political movements and mega sporting events have always gone hand in hand. In 1980, there were Cold War boycotts in Moscow and again in 1984 during Los Angeles Games.

~Eduardo Paes

Topics: Again Always Angeles Boycott Cold Cold War Events Games Gone Hand Los Los Angeles Moscow Movements Political War Were

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The state of Israel will stand as one entity against any attempt to boycott its products.

~Eli Yishai

Topics: Against Any Attempt Boycott Entity Israel Products Stand State Will

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I didn't want to read French or write it; it was like a boycott, a rejection.

~Etel Adnan

Topics: Boycott French Like Read Rejection Want Write

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'Boycott caused all the trouble,' they say, as if I could have canvassed all those people personally to take a stand in 1983. Nonsense! The committee were the ones with the power to make the decisions, not me. They started the unrest, they did the sackings, and they reaped what they sowed.

~Geoffrey Boycott

Topics: Boycott Caused Committee Could Decisions Did If I Could Make Me Nonsense People Personally Power Say Stand Started Take They Say Those Trouble Unrest Were

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