#order

When this boy was brought to Dr. Young, his name being William, the same as mine, my mother was ordered to change mine to something else. This, at the time, I thought to be one of the most cruel acts that could be committed upon my rights. ↗

— William Wells Brown

#being #boy #brought #change #committed

Now, then, in order to understand white supremacy we must dismiss the fallacious notion that white people can give anybody their freedom. ↗

— Stokely Carmichael

#dismiss #fallacious #freedom #give #must

We cannot suppose therefore that God has made an order of beings, with such mental qualities and powers, for the sole purpose of being used as beasts, or instruments of labour. ↗

— Thomas Clarkson

#being #being used #beings #cannot #god

Testimony is an integral part of the Black religious tradition. It is the occasion where the believer stands before the community of faith in order to give account of the hope that is in him or her. ↗

— James Hal Cone

#before #believer #black #community #faith

Once we secure our borders - and the federal government has not done a good job - then Congress, I believe, needs to take up the issue and look at how we try and identify those people that are here, that are national security risks to the United States. ↗

— David Dewhurst

#borders #congress #done #federal #federal government

Shame is an unhappy emotion invented by pietists in order to exploit the human race. ↗

— Blake Edwards

#exploit #human #human race #invented #order

The new world economic order is not an exercise in philanthropy, but in enlightened self-interest for everyone concerned. ↗

— Carlos Fuentes

#economic #enlightened #everyone #exercise #new

In fact, the recent increase in intra-firm trading enables businesses to shift their activities across borders smoothly, thereby strengthening the response of economic activity to exchange rate movements in the long run. ↗

— Toshihiko Fukui

#activities #activity #borders #businesses #economic

Both organizations are growing rapidly due in part to answering the urgent need in the community for services and programs to help with the day-to-day struggles that come with memory disorders. ↗

— Leeza Gibbons

#both #come #community #day-to-day #disorders

A friend in the War Office warned me that I was in Kitchener's black books, and that orders had been given for my arrest next time I appeared in France. ↗

— Philip Gibbs

#arrest #been #black #books #france