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freedom history african-american
Defining myself, as opposed to being defined by others, is one of the most difficult challenges I face. Carol Moseley Braun
freedom touching perception
The third point of reference is freedom of perception; it is intent; it is spirit; the somersault of thought into the miraculous; the act of reaching beyond our boundaries and touching the inconceivable. Carlos Castaneda
freedom fear pain
He that would make his own liberty secure, must guard even his enemy from oppression; for if he violates this duty, he establishes a precedent that will reach to himself. Thomas Paine
freedom loss people
There is no 'slippery slope' toward loss of liberty, only a long staircase where each step down must first be tolerated by the American people and their leaders. Alan K. Simpson
freedom science blood
The tree of research must be fed from time to time with the blood of bean-counters, for it is its natural manure. Alan Kay
freedom women equality
I do not think, sir, you have any right to command me, merely because you are older than I, or because you have seen more of the world than I have; your claim to superiority depends on the use you have made of your time and experience. Charlotte Bronte
freedom government civilization
Without security, civilization is cramped and dwarfed. Without security, there can be no freedom. Nor shall I say too much, when I declare that security, guarded of course by its offspring, freedom, is the true end and aim of government. Charles Sumner
freedom men break-through
History does not teach fatalism. There are moments when the will of a handful of free men breaks through determinism and opens up new roads. Charles de Gaulle
freedom political-will order
In order to become the master, the politician poses as the servant.
literature privilege reason
Religion is dogmatic. Politic is ideological. Reason must be logical, but literature has a privilege of being equivocal. Carlos Fuentes
literature civility
The civility which money will purchase, is rarely extended to those who have none. Charles Dickens
literature potatoes poultry
Papa, potatoes, poultry, prunes and prism, are all very good words for the lips.
literature made should
I made a compact with myself that in my person literature should stand by itself, of itself, and for itself.
literature stealing plagiarism
If we steal thoughts from the moderns, it will be cried down as plagiarism; if from the ancients, it will be cried up as erudition. Charles Caleb Colton
literature prudence
There is nothing more imprudent than excessive prudence.
literature fool religious-bigotry
Bigotry murders religion to frighten fools with her ghost.
literature speech giants
The Grecian’s maxim would indeed be a sweeping clause in Literature; it would reduce many a giant to a pygmy; many a speech to a sentence; and many a folio to a primer.
literature action conflict
Those that are the loudest in their threats are the weakest in their actions.
slavery england invention
In England, theres no acknowledgement the invention of slavery came from Britain. Chiwetel Ejiofor
slavery aristocratic
Slavery is malignantly aristocratic. Antoinette Brown Blackwell
slavery driven form
I declare and protest in advance, that I do not intend, at this time at least; to be drawn or driven into the question of slavery, in either of its subdivisions or forms. Caleb Cushing
slavery
To subjugate another is to subjugate yourself. Elbert Hubbard
slavery slave worst
The worst thing about slavery is that the slaves eventually get to like it. Aristotle
slavery human-nature humans
Slavery is ...an atrocious debasement of human nature. Benjamin Franklin
slavery genealogy impressive
But when you see personal artifacts relating to - by genealogy at least - a living human being, it was just more impressive to me than just about anything I've ever read about slavery before. Bob Edwards
slavery structure
Freedom without structure is its own slavery. David Brooks
slavery facts constitution
The fact that slavery is written into the Constitution is about as entrenched a form of classism as you could possibly imagine. Beau Willimon