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*[[Mary]], the mother of [[Jesus]]
 
*[[Mary]], the mother of [[Jesus]]
 
*[[Stephen]], the first martyr
 
*[[Stephen]], the first martyr
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*[[Henry Morgentaler]], an ordinary doctor and Holocaust survivor, could not stand to see the suffering caused by Canada's abortion laws and singlehandedly forced a change in the law and an amendment to Canada's constitution. The [[Morgentaler Amendment]] prohibits judges in appeal courts from overturning jury acquittals. (In repeated trials brought by the Quebec government, no jury would convict Morgentaler when they realized the suffering that anti-abortion laws were causing to real, ordinary people.)
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*[[Henry Morgentaler]], an ordinary doctor and Holocaust survivor, could not stand to see the suffering caused by Canada's abortion laws and singlehandedly forced a change in the law and an amendment to Canada's constitution. The [[Morgentaler Amendment]]<ref>http://www.nndb.com/people/044/000171528/ Morgentaler amendment</ref> prohibits judges in appeal courts from overturning jury acquittals. (In repeated trials brought by the Quebec government, no jury would convict Morgentaler when they realized the suffering that anti-abortion laws were causing to real, ordinary people.)
 
*[[Mohandas Gandhi]] mobilized ordinary people to break unjust laws and to peacefully oppose the Imperial British Government in [[India]], bringing the British Government to grant India its independence.
 
*[[Mohandas Gandhi]] mobilized ordinary people to break unjust laws and to peacefully oppose the Imperial British Government in [[India]], bringing the British Government to grant India its independence.
  
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