#laced

I would have the Constitution torn in shreds and scattered to the four winds of heaven. Let us destroy the Constitution and build on its ruins the temple of liberty. I have brothers in slavery. I have seen chains placed on their limbs and beheld them captive. ↗

— William Wells Brown

#brothers #build #captive #chains #constitution

I should like these few words to be read over the grave when my body is placed in the earth; for though it is possible I may be present and conscious of what is going on, I shall not be able to communicate. ↗

— Edward Carpenter

#body #communicate #conscious #earth #few

Most men, no matter how well or badly dressed, carry overstuffed, beat up wallets that should have been replaced years ago. Why is that? Every time I see a guy take out a wallet anywhere, it looks like a piece of old melted chocolate cake-with strings. ↗

— Jonathan Carroll

#anywhere #badly #beat #been #carry

In the euphoria after the Cold War, there was a misplaced notion that the UN could solve every problem anywhere. ↗

— Atal Bihari Vajpayee

#anywhere #cold #cold war #could #euphoria

By our form of government, the Christian religion is the established religion; and all sects and denominations of Christians are placed upon the same equal footing, and are equally entitled to protection in their religious liberty. ↗

— Samuel Chase

#christian religion #christians #denominations #entitled #equal

The higher we are placed, the more humbly we should walk. ↗

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

#humbly #more #placed #should #walk

When I was an actor in some movies a long time ago, I was so curious about all the camera movements - why is the camera placed here, and why does it move like this? And why the set and the background, the color? It's a lot of questions for me to ask, because I was so interested, not only in acting, but also the whole process of filmmaking. ↗

— Stephen Chow

#acting #actor #ago #also #ask

My countrymen have commissioned a bust of the Republic. It will be placed on the fountain of my native town. ↗

— Camille Claudel

#commissioned #countrymen #fountain #native #placed

It took me a long time, but I don't feel as anxious about stupid things anymore - or perhaps they've just been replaced by more complicated stupid things. ↗

— Neil Finn

#anxious #anymore #been #complicated #feel

The Ten Commandments have never been replaced as the moral basis upon which society rests. ↗

— Edwin Louis Cole

#been #commandments #moral #never #replaced