#grave

I can see why many Southerners, black ones in particular, don't like the implication that Southernness and the Confederate heritage are one and the same, because they're not. On the other hand, there are people who want to extirpate that completely and want folks to spit on the graves of their ancestors. ↗

— John Shelton Reed

#because #black #completely #confederate #folks

From the cradle to the grave she is subject to the power and control of man. Father, guardian, or husband, one conveys her like some piece of merchandise over to the other. ↗

— Ernestine Rose

#conveys #cradle #father #grave #guardian

Why is our fancy to be appalled by terrific perspectives of a hell beyond the grave? ↗

— Mary Wollstonecraft

#beyond #fancy #grave #hell #our

Whoever finishes a revolution only halfway, digs his own grave. ↗

— Georg Buchner

#finishes #grave #halfway #his #only

Confession is always weakness. The grave soul keeps its own secrets, and takes its own punishment in silence. ↗

— Dorothy Dix

#confession #grave #keeps #own #punishment

If Lincoln were alive today, he'd be turning over in his grave. ↗

— Gerald R. Ford

#grave #his #lincoln #over #today

My message to you all is of hope, courage and confidence. Let us mobilize all our resources in a systematic and organized way and tackle the grave issues that confront us with grim determination and discipline worthy of a great nation. ↗

— Muhammad Ali Jinnah

#confront #courage #determination #discipline #grave

No one has been barred on account of his race from fighting or dying for America, there are no white or colored signs on the foxholes or graveyards of battle. ↗

— John F. Kennedy

#america #barred #battle #been #colored

Their blood has washed out their foul footsteps' pollution. No refuge could save the hireling and slave from the terror of flight or the gloom of the grave. ↗

— Francis Scott Key

#could #flight #footsteps #foul #gloom