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Black people are the magical faces at the bottom of society's well. Even the poorest whites, those who must live their lives only a few… — Derrick Bell
I, sir, have always conceived - I believe those who proposed the constitution conceived,and it is still more fully known, and more material to observe,… — James Madison
It may be laid down as a general rule, that their confidence in and obedience to a government, will be commonly proportioned to the goodness… — Alexander Hamilton
The proposed constitution, therefore, even when tested by the rules laid down by its antagonists, is, in strictness, neither a national nor a federal constitution;… — James Madison
From the dim morning hours of history when the father was king and priest down to this modern time of history's high noon when nations… — Woodrow Wilson
Acts of terror have never brought down liberal democracies. Acts of parliament have closed a few. — William Eldridge Odom
She was more than human to me. She was a Fairy, a Sylph. I don't know what she was, anything that no one ever saw,… — Charles Dickens
In "The Myth of Sisyphus", his most important non-fiction work, Albert Camus suggested that if we believed what most people claim to be the purpose… — Unknown Author
That was madness. You're never going to bring one of those down with a handgun. — Sean Penn
He suddenly opened his eyes and looked at everyone in the room. It was a terrible gaze, mad or maybe furious and full of fear… — Svetlana Alliluyeva
First principle: never to let one's self be beaten down by persons or by events. — Marie Curie
A spoonful of humor makes the message go down easier. — Frank Leahy
My philological studies have satisfied me that a gifted person ought to learn English (barring spelling and pronouncing) in thirty hours, French in thirty days,… — Mark Twain
A man's house burns down. The smoking wreckage represents only a ruined home that was dear through years of use and pleasant associations. By and… — Mark Twain
By all means use sometimes to be alone. Salute thyself: see what thy soul doth wear. Dare to look in thy chest; for 'Tis thine… — George Herbert
You should always stand up for what you believe and never stand down to promise or protect your career. — Debra L. Lee
To know yourself you have only to set down a true statement of those that ever loved or hated you. — Johann Kaspar Lavater
Most of us who turn to any subject we love remember some morning or evening hour when we got on a high stool to reach… — George Eliot
Now we have no God. We have had two: the old God that our fathers handed down to us, that we hated, and never liked;… — Olive Schreiner
All womankind, from the highest to the lowest love jokes; the difficulty is to know how they choose to have them cut; and there is… — Laurence Sterne

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