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    Abraham Lincoln

    16th President of the USA
    He said: I know there is a God and he hates injustice an slavery
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    John Stuart Mill

    An English philosopher and member of Parlament.
    He said: That each individual has the right to act as he wants, so log as these actions do not harm others. He also said that society had no right to interfere if a person decided to take an action that only affected them, even if societies felt the person was harming themselves.
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    Karl Marx

    A communist philosopher from Germany.
    He said: The workers have nothing to lose but their chains
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    Jean-Henri Dunant

    A Humanitarian businessman from Switzerland
    He organized volunteers to help the wounded.
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    Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi

    A spiritual leader from India.
    He used non-violent means of protest such as fasting and boycott of British goods and British institutions to campaign against unjust laws and poor treatment of the Indian people. He also used non-violent protest to bring about peace between the different faiths in India.
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    Eglantyne Jebb

    Childrens rights activist from the UK. The child that is hungry must be fed, the child that is sick must be nursed'and that the child must be protected against every from of explotation