"We are men, and propose to live like……" — Denis Kearney
"We are men, and propose to live like men in this free land, without the contamination of slave labor, or die like men, if need be, in asserting the rights of our race, our country, and our families."
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Denis Kearney
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15 Quotes by Denis Kearney
Denis Kearney has 15 quotes on this site.
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I will lead you to the City Hall, clean out the police force, hang the Prosecuting Attorney, burn every book…
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A few men own from ten thousand to two hundred thousand acres each. The poor Laborer can find no resting…
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To add to our misery and despair, a bloated aristocracy has sent to China - the greatest and oldest despotism…
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We are with you in this work. Workingmen must form a party of their own, take charge of the government,…
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Our moneyed men have ruled us for the past thirty years. Under the flag of the slaveholder they hoped to…
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We intend to try and vote the Chinaman out, to frighten him out, and if this won't do, to kill…
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We know that if gold, if fraud, if force can defeat us, they will all be used. And we have…
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There are a few Chinese smuggled in over the borders of British Columbia on the north and Mexico on the…
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They have stolen the public lands. They have grasped all to themselves, and by their unprincipled greed brought a crisis…
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California must be all American or all Chinese. We are resolved that it shall be American, and are prepared to…
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They have seized upon the government by bribery and corruption. They have made speculation and public robbery a science. They…
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They are imported by companies, controlled as serfs, worked like slaves, and at last go back to China with all…
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More Asserting Quotes
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The unconscious mind has a habit of asserting itself in the afternoon.
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Globalisation means many other countries are asserting themselves and trying to take over leadership. Please don't ask Americans to let…
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When committees gather, each member is necessarily an actor, uncontrollably acting out the part of himself, reading the lines that…
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Among all the occurrences possible in the universe the a priori probability of any particular one of them verges upon…
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— David Boaz
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With respect to those points, on which the declaration of Scripture is positive and decisive, as, for instance, in asserting…
— William Buckland
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I am local, rural, communal. And I find that the whole world is a community. We have made progress in…
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We shall never be understood or respected by the English until we carry our individuality to extremes, and by asserting…
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As far as I am concerned, taking photographs is a means of understanding which cannot be separated from other means…
— Henri Cartier-Bresson
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In such a performance you may lay the foundation of national happiness only in religion, not by leaving it doubtful…
— Benjamin Rush
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The Westerly Wind asserting his sway from the south-west quarter is often like a monarch gone mad, driving forth with…
— Joseph Conrad
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Obstinacy is will asserting itself without being able to justify itself. It is persistence without a reasonable motive. It is…
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