#gains

I am not prejudiced against the Negro. When I was governor, I did more to help the Negroes in our State than any previous Governor, and I think you can find Negro leaders in the State who will attest to this fact. ↗

— Strom Thurmond

#am #any #attest #did #fact

Nobody but you and your caddie care what you do out there, and if your caddie is betting against you, he doesn't care, either. ↗

— Lee Trevino

#betting #caddie #care #either #nobody

The American Revolution was, in fact, a battle against the philosophy of Locke and the English utilitarians. ↗

— Robert Trout

#american #american revolution #battle #english #fact

I deplore any action which denies artistic talent an opportunity to express itself because of prejudice against race origin. ↗

— Bess Truman

#against #any #artistic #because #denies

Whenever a fellow tells me he's bipartisan, I know he's going to vote against me. ↗

— Harry S. Truman

#bipartisan #fellow #going #i #know

I do believe that freedom isn't free - but today the corporate and political right wing is trying to cheapen this truly American value. They've been cynically using the word 'freedom' to rally the American public against its own best interests. ↗

— Richard Trumka

#american #american public #been #believe #best

Take a stand against intolerance and for our American values. Say it with pride: I support democracy in America. I support working people in America. I support opportunity in America. And I support Barack Obama for another four years as president of the United States of America! ↗

— Richard Trumka

#america #american #american values #another #barack

You see I'm against hunting, in fact I'm a hunt saboteur. I go out the night before and shoot the fox. ↗

— Tim Vine

#before #fact #fox #go #hunt

My mother was very strong. Once, she picked up a coconut and smashed it against my father's head. It taught me about women defending themselves and not collapsing in a heap. ↗

— Alice Walker

#against #coconut #collapsing #defending #father

Although in skating you compete with other people, anyone who achieves a certain level of success is first and foremost competing against themselves. And for me the idea that I could always do better, learn more, learn faster, is something that came from skating. But I carried that with me for the rest of my life. ↗

— Vera Wang

#against #although #always #anyone #better