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No nation, savage or civilized, save only the United States of America, has confessed its inability to protect its women
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"No nation, savage or civilized, save only the United States of America, has confessed its inability to protect its women save by hanging, shooting, and burning alleged offenders"

- Ida B. Wells

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This quote by Ida B. Wells is a powerful statement about the United States of America's unique technique to safeguarding its females. Wells is highlighting the reality that no other nation, whether it is considered to be civilized or not, has actually turned to such severe procedures as hanging, shooting, and burning alleged offenders in order to secure its women. This suggests that the United States of America is taking a more major technique to safeguarding its females than other nations, which it is willing to go to extreme lengths to do so. This quote likewise acts as a pointer of the significance of securing women and the requirement for nations to take a proactive approach to guaranteeing their security.

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Ida B. Wells This quote is written / told by Ida B. Wells between July 16, 1862 and March 25, 1931. She was a famous Activist from USA. The author also have 25 other quotes.

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