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So the case stands, and under all the passion of the parties and the cries of battle lie the two chief moving causes of the… — Charles Dickens
The American people, North and South, went into the [Civil] war as citizens of their respective states, they came out as subjects ... what they… — H. L. Mencken
Biography is a very definite region bounded on the north by history, on the south by fiction, on the east by obituary, and on the… — Philip Guedalla
Do the people of the South really entertain fears that a Republican administration would, directly, or indirectly, interfere with their slaves, or with them, about… — Abraham Lincoln
Thousands of dead fish have now washed up on shore along the coast of South Carolina. Today the NRA said that this wouldn't have happened… — Jay Leno
A life that stood out as a gospel of self-forgetting service. He could have added fortune to fame but caring for neither he found happiness… — George Washington Carver
South Africa does not have a poverty problem. Poverty is a result of denialism of the way corruption taxes poor people, the inefficiencies that undermine… — Mamphela Ramphele
This boa, the American columns, are being besieged between Basra and other towns north, west, south and west of Basra. The Americans are the people… — Mohammed Saeed al-Sahaf
They can change every name in South Africa, but it won't change the fact that the government has failed to provide services or curb crime — Unknown Author
Crime is fast destroying the moral fabric of South African cities, and is becoming a major threat to South African democracy as well as the… — Achille Mbembe
In a colony constituted like that of New South Wales, the proportion of crime must of course be great. — Charles Sturt
Friends, Comrades and fellow South Africans. I greet you all in the name of peace, democracy and freedom for all. I stand here before you… — Nelson Mandela
The rapid growth of industry, the ever increasing population and the imperative need for more varied, wholesome and nourishing foodstuff makes it all the more… — George Washington Carver
Men are tattooed with their special beliefs like so many South Sea Islanders; but a real human heart with divine love in it beats with… — Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
When I go to the Gate, I'll play a duet with Gabriel. Yeah, we'll play 'Sleepy Time Down South' and 'Hello, Dolly!.' Then he can… — Louis Armstrong
We didn't have a strong drug scene by any means. Originally, it was just purple hearts, amphetamines, speed or whatever you want to call it.… — Unknown Author
As we grew to love South Australia, we felt that we were in an expanding society, still feeling the bond to the motherland, but eager… — Catherine Helen Spence
A group of white South Africans recently killed a black lawyer because he was black. That was wrong. They should have killed him because he… — A. Whitney Brown
Terrorism is not a limited threat, it is a world wide operation. Today, many countries in the east, and in the west, in the north,… — Pratibha Patil
A million butterflies rose up from South America, All together, and flew in a gold storm toward Spain... — Unknown Author
If it is a crime to love the South, its cause and its President, then I am a criminal. I would rather lie down in… — Belle Boyd
Grant began by expressing a hope that the war would soon be over, and Lee replied by stating that he had for some time been… — Horace Porter
We know where they are [Iraq's weapons of mass destruction]. They're in the area around Tikrit and Baghdad and east, west, south and north somewhat. — Donald Rumsfeld
We remember the grind of the insurgency -- the roadside bombs, the sniper fire, the suicide attacks. From the 'triangle of death' to the fight… — Barack Obama
The time for compromise has now passed, and the South is determined to maintain her position, and make all who oppose her smell Southern powder… — Jefferson Davis

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