"Thanksgiving is the holiday of peace, the celebration……" — Ray Stannard Baker
"Thanksgiving is the holiday of peace, the celebration of work and the simple life...a true folk-festival that speaks the poetry of the turn of the seasons, the beauty of seedtime and harvest, the ripe product of the year - and the deep, deep connection of all these things with God."
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Ray Stannard Baker
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25 Quotes by Ray Stannard Baker
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Looking back, I have this to regret, that too often when I loved, I did not say so.
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One of the points in which I was especially interested was the Jim Crow regulations, that is, the system of…
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In the beginning I thought, and still think, he did great good in giving support and encouragement to this movement.…
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Measured by any standard, white or black, Washington must be regarded today as one of the great men of this…
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Did you think you could have the good without the evil? Did you think you could have the joy without…
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There must be a technique for meeting pain. There must be a technique of endurance based on the power of…
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Nothing lasts-not even pain.
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The discrimination is not made openly, but a Negro who goes to such places is informed that there are no…
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Adventure is not outside; it is within.
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We muckraked, not because we hated our world, but because we loved it. We were not hopeless, we were not…
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It is not short of amazing, the power of a great idea to weld men together. There was in it…
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And no book gives a deeper insight into the inner life of the Negro, his struggles and his aspirations, than,…
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I keep my friends as misers do their treasure, because, of all the things granted us by wisdom, none is…
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We must all make peace so that we can all live in peace.
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Wise people, even though all laws were abolished, would still lead the same life.
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A friend to all is a friend to none.
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