I was born in the late '70s and grew up in the deep South, and I was very much still of an… — Nate Powell Copy Share Image
I led the fight here against apartheid as President of the ACTU, including particularly the Springbok tour in 1971. And that led… — Bob Hawke Copy Share Image
I believe, the NAACP began to try to organize parents of Negro children to file petitions with the boards of education regarding… — Ella Baker Copy Share Image
How did Madison get separation through Virginia and later Congress? The Baptists, the Presbyterians, and the smaller sects hated Jefferson; to them… — John Rawls Copy Share Image
The situation in Georgia is determined by the breakaway regions Abkhazia and South Ossetia. While we must acknowledge the reforms initiated by… — Garry Kasparov Copy Share Image
A decade ago, critics suggested biotech crops would not be valuable in the developing world. Now 90 percent of farmers who benefit… — Clive James Copy Share Image
What I quickly discovered is that our so-called new South Africa has as much material for a story-teller as the old one.… — Athol Fugard Copy Share Image
All my life I've been involved with racial politics. I was a Freedom Rider in the South. I was the author of… — Tom Hayden Copy Share Image
I'd really like to visit India and South America. I think India will be a great mix of sightseeing and relaxing, and… — Emilia Fox Copy Share Image
The inaction of the international community towards Guatemala is injustifiable. The community should play an active role with concrete measures and sanctions… — Rigoberta Menchu Copy Share Image
I rang my friend Jim Wolfensohn, who was then running a private commercial bank in New York. I said, "Come up to… — Bob Hawke Copy Share Image
The far right is saying to us: Forget about the two-state solution, it is going to be a Jewish state from the… — Amos Oz Copy Share Image
The global phenomenon of poverty tourism - or 'poorism' - has become increasingly popular during the past few years. Tourists pay to… — Leslie Jamison Copy Share Image
Many immigrants do not talk about what they endured back home. They were fleeing that world, and when they left they didn't… — Isabel Wilkerson Copy Share Image
The Anglo-Saxon has established himself in climates totally diverse - Canada, South Africa, and India - and, through several generations, has preserved… — Josiah Strong Copy Share Image
Hateful material travels the globe. A few years ago, CNN, America's Der Sturmer, ran a story about Black parents being so low… — Ishmael Reed Copy Share Image
I went to my first civil rights rally when I was 17 years old. I was a little skinny blond kid, scared… — Pauley Perrette Copy Share Image
I am sure it is in the medical textbooks, there are many things that cause immune deficiency and you will find therefore… — Thabo Mbeki Copy Share Image
As we mourn President Mandela’s passing we must ask ourselves the fundamental question - what shall we do to respond to the… — Thabo Mbeki Copy Share Image
Nothing exceptional [would happen to the world under a Hillary Clinton's presidency] - things would stay the same: sponsorship of "Color" or… — Andre Vltchek Copy Share Image
The rapid growth of industry, the ever increasing population and the imperative need for more varied, wholesome and nourishing foodstuff makes it… — George Washington Carver Copy Share Image
The real invasion of South Vietnam which was directed largely against the rural society began directly in 1962 after many years of… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
I was a carpenter in Northern Vermont and got this tax refund check that just about covered a one-way airfare to London.… — John Ratzenberger Copy Share Image
The general's staff is a handpicked collection of killers, spies, geniuses, patriots, political operators and outright maniacs. There's a former head of… — Michael Hastings Copy Share Image
That's one of the biggest losses, I think, to African American families, is that people, once they left, they turned away from… — Isabel Wilkerson Copy Share Image
We are developing in the United States a huge underclass of unwanted people, many of them the descendants of the exploitation of… — Benedict Groeschel Copy Share Image
The spirit of the South Atlantic was the spirit of Britain at her best. It has been said that we surprised the… — Margaret Thatcher Copy Share Image
It was necessary to put the South at a moral disadvantage by transforming the contest from a war waged against states fighting… — Woodrow Wilson Copy Share Image
Imagine, to become a priest there are eight years of study and preparation, and then if after a while you can't do… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
The point is, that the function of the novel seems to be changing; it has become an outpost of journalism; we read… — Doris Lessing Copy Share Image
“The Old South is a place where people use food to tell themselves who they are, to tell others who they are,… — Michael W. Twitty Copy Share Image
When President Mbeki said, if you get AIDS, you can have a shower and it goes away. It's like, oh, come on.… — Elton John Copy Share Image
The problem is not unique; the challenge is not unique to South Africa. Other African countries have faced it. But in our… — Thabo Mbeki Copy Share Image
“People might think folks in the South are nosey. Folks in the South don't ask questions to learn something; they ask to… — Bill Peach Copy Share Image
Next Monday the Convention in Virginia will assemble; we have still good hopes of its adoption here: though by no great plurality… — George Washington Copy Share Image
I don't believe in aliens. I don't think aliens or ghosts like black people. We never get abducted; our houses never get… — Xzibit Copy Share Image
I am saying the same to Muslims in the global South, telling them: "Just ignore what is done." However, in the Southern… — Tariq Ramadan Copy Share Image
It's all about the climate. I had a long discussion about it when I went to Scotland to see Andy Roxburgh. I… — Fabio Capello Copy Share Image
As regards humanitarian issues and how to handle them, that was the Prime Minister's [Shinzō Abe] initiative. He brought the matter up… — Vladimir Putin Copy Share Image
As it happens, Chicago is the nation's leader in municipal privatization efforts. That's right: The city that conservatives portray as the citadel… — Thomas Frank Copy Share Image