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Justice, like peace, is indivisible and the world today cannot remain half free and half slave.
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The quote presents justice and peace as conditions that cannot be divided into separate parts. A society cannot preserve freedom in one place while accepting oppression elsewhere. “Half free and half slave” contrasts these opposing conditions and says that a world claiming justice must address both, rather than treating freedom as something only some people deserve.
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- The Voice of Coloured Labour, by George Padmore
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