Famous Quotes & Sayings

Chiwetel Ejiofor

In England, theres no acknowledgement the invention of slavery came from Britain.

Caleb Cushing

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.

David Brooks

Freedom without structure is its own slavery.

Beau Willimon

The fact that slavery is written into the Constitution is about as entrenched a form of classism as you could possibly imagine.

Benjamin Franklin

Slavery is ...an atrocious debasement of human nature.

Abraham Lincoln

I say now, however, as I have all the while said, that on the territorial question - that is, the question of extending slavery under the national auspices, - I am inflexible. I am for no compromise which assists or permits the extension of the institution on soil owned by the nation.

Abraham Lincoln

An inspection of the Constitution will show that the right of property in a slave in not "distinctly and expressly affirmed" in it.

Abraham Lincoln

You know I dislike slavery; and you fully admit the abstract wrong of it.

Abraham Lincoln

We want, and must have, a national policy, as to slavery, which deals with it as being wrong.

Aiden Wilson Tozer

True and absolute freedom is only found in the presence of God.

David Selby

I never found it frustrating not speaking.

David McCullough

The more we see the founders as humans the more we can understand them.

Catherine Bell

It's changing a bit, but the thing in LA is everyone is either in the industry, or knows someone who is in the industry. So, they don't let on that they recognize you, that's what I've found out.

Howard Rubenstein

The Post found out about this late yesterday afternoon. They had no inkling whatsoever a scandal was brewing.

Mehmet Okur

We struggled with Jason Kidd and Richard Jefferson but we found a way to help each other and I think we did a good job tonight.

Michael Lynch

We are making a friendly offer to Reynolds, ... We were shocked when we found out that Alcoa had made its offer and we assembled ourselves as quickly as we could to put together this proposal.

David Brooks

Emotion is the foundation of reason.

Baron Davis

I am the donation to the foundation.

David Sedaris

I always knew I wanted it to be illustrated.

David Ruffin

I knew I always wanted to sing.

Earl Campbell

I always knew that I wanted to do something in business and I prepared myself for that.

Charlize Theron

I've always known I wanted a family.

Bernard Marcus

When I understood the rudiments of what nanotech was all about, I knew I wanted to participate.

Diane Abbott

I wanted my marriage to work, but it didn't.

Diane von Furstenberg

I was fortunate to become the woman I always wanted to be.

Diane von Furstenberg

I always knew the woman I wanted to be.

Brigitte Bardot

I wanted to be myself. Only myself.