#matters

White supremacist ideology is based first and foremost on the degradation of black bodies in order to control them. One of the best ways to instill fear in people is to terrorize them. Yet this fear is best sustained by convincing them that their bodies are ugly, their intellect is inherently underdeveloped, their culture is less civilized, and their future warrants less concern than that of other peoples. ↗

— Cornel West

#ideology

Every citizen of this country should be guaranteed that their vote matters, that their vote is counted, and that in the voting booth, their vote has a much weight as that of any CEO, any member of Congress, or any President. ↗

— Barbara Boxer

#booth #ceo #citizen #congress #counted

When you were born, you cried and everybody else was happy. The only question that matters is this - when you die, will you be happy when everybody else is crying? ↗

— Tony Campolo

#born #cried #crying #die #else

It's a new day for the Democrats when it comes to matters of faith, and the younger Evangelicals are aware of this and many of them are moving into the Democratic camp. ↗

— Tony Campolo

#aware #camp #comes #day #democratic

I have followed holiness, I have taught truth, and I have been most in the main things; not that I thought the things concerning our times little, but that I thought none could do anything to purpose in God's great and public matters, till they were right in their conditions. ↗

— Donald Cargill

#been #concerning #conditions #could #followed

I think there is a good deal of promise in those discussions as well. I think there is a range of matters that might be discussed between NATO and Russia that can provide a mechanism for talking through these issues, a way to give reassurance on these issues. ↗

— Warren Christopher

#deal #discussed #discussions #give #good

We stand our best chance of leaving a legacy to those who want to learn, our children, by standing firm. In matters of style, hey, swing with the stream. But in matters of principle, you need to stand like a rock. ↗

— Kevin Costner

#chance #children #firm #hey #learn

Well I've already made it clear that it's a matter for individuals in exercising their own judgement, their own consciences to speak freely on matters of policy. ↗

— Ron Davies

#clear #consciences #exercising #freely #i

But poetry is my life. Poetry is what matters to me. ↗

— Peter Davison

#matters #me #my life #poetry

Nothing else matters so much as long as you can come home and be with your family. ↗

— Patrick Dempsey

#else #family #home #long #matters