"Emancipation was a proclamation, but not a fact." — Lyndon B. Johnson

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• If the past has been an obstacle and a burden, knowledge of the past is the safest and the surest… — Lord Acton
• I always consider the settlement of America with reverence and wonder, as the opening of a grand scene and design… — John Adams
• Freedom is the emancipation from the arbitrary rule of other men. — Mortimer Adler
• Merely by describing yourself as black you have started on a road towards emancipation, you have committed yourself to fight… — Steven Biko
• I became a mom at 37 and having a child has been an emancipation for me. — Tori Amos
• Mockery of religion is one of the most essential things because to demystify supposedly 'holy text dictated by god' and… — Christopher Hitchens
• What we call emancipation is always and of necessity simply the free choice of the soul between one set of… — Gilbert K. Chesterton
• I wouldn't say that religion has promoted the social progress of mankind. I say that it has been a detriment… — Unknown Author
• The melting pot failed to function in one crucial area. Religions and nationalities, however different, generally learned to live together,… — Theodore Hesburgh
• The fact that an African American sits in the White House at the helm of government in the United States… — Aberjhani
• The Emancipation Proclamation...can remind us in 2013 of all the mistakes we never want to commit again but it can… — Aberjhani
• For souls in growth, great quarrels are great emancipations. — Logan Pearsall Smith

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