#citizens

The Western stereotype of Africa and its black citizens as devoid of reason and, therefore, subhuman was often shared by white master and black ex-slave alike. ↗

— Henry Louis Gates

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The grand jury, composed of 12 eminent New Orleans citizens, heard our evidence and indicted the defendant for participation in a conspiracy to assassinate John Kennedy. ↗

— Jim Garrison

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Cities may now bulldoze private citizens' homes, farms and small businesses to make way for shopping malls or other developments. ↗

— Bob Goodlatte

#businesses #cities #citizens #developments #farms

As citizens we have to be more thoughtful and more educated and more informed. I turn on the TV and I see these grown people screaming at each other, and I think, well, if we don't get our civility back, we're in trouble. ↗

— Emmylou Harris

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We assume that we've come so far as compassionate citizens of the world if we do choose to read the news, yet the attitude towards life can be one where we put blinders on and forget that there are civil wars going on. It's easy to forget that there are so many people starving to death every single day. ↗

— Anne Hathaway

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Like all citizens, Ms. McNeill has the right to be free from unlawful employment practices such as sex discrimination and retaliation. ↗

— John Hawkins

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Accordingly, it is our task to ensure that the Government formulates policies that foster the continued development of the IT sector while also providing for citizens' access to technology and opportunity for economic advancement. ↗

— Tim Holden

#accordingly #advancement #also #citizens #continued

Among those best known, their highest ambition is to build American homes, possess American furniture, dress in American clothes, adopt the American style of living and be American citizens. ↗

— Sheldon Jackson

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What other nations call religious toleration, we call religious rights. They are not exercised in virtue of governmental indulgence, but as rights, of which government cannot deprive any portion of citizens, however small. ↗

— Richard Mentor Johnson

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The citizens of America expect more. They deserve and they want more than a recital of problems. ↗

— Barbara Jordan

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