#race

It is to be remedied that the false traitors will suffer no man to come into the king's presence for no cause without bribes where none ought to be had. Any man might have his coming to him to ask him grace or judgment in such case as the king may give. ↗

— Jack Cade

#ask #bribes #case #cause #come

A cult classic is one that has been fully embraced by an alternative audience, not the popular audience. ↗

— Bruce Campbell

#audience #been #classic #cult #embraced

So much the worse, it may be, for a particular meeting: but the meeting is the individual, which on evolution principles, must be sacrificed for the development of the race. ↗

— Arthur Cayley

#evolution #individual #may #meeting #much

Many suburban legislators representing affluent school districts use terms such as "sinkhole" when opposing funding for Chicago's children. "We can't keep throwing money," said Governor Thompson in 1988, "into a black hole." The Chicago Tribune notes that, when this phrase is used, people hasten to explain that it is not intended as a slur against the race of many of Chicago's children. "But race," says the Tribune, "never is far from the surface... ↗

— Jonathan Kozol

#race #money

There are no true friends in politics. We are all sharks circling, and waiting, for traces of blood to appear in the water. ↗

— Alan Clark

#blood #circling #friends #politics #sharks

Let's trace the birth of an idea. It's born as rampant radicalism, then it becomes progressivism, then liberalism, then it becomes moderated conservative, outmoded, and gone. ↗

— Powell Clayton

#birth #born #conservative #gone #idea

Grace is given of god, but knowledge is bought in the market. ↗

— Arthur Hugh Clough

#given #god #grace #knowledge #market

My goal in sailing isn't to be brilliant or flashy in individual races, just to be consistent over the long run. ↗

— Dennis Conner

#consistent #flashy #goal #individual #just

Think for a moment about what Obamacare has done: The federal government has come up with its own (ever-evolving) definition of 'health insurance,' which now includes free access to sterilization, contraception, and certain abortifacients such as the morning-after pill. ↗

— John Cornyn

#access #certain #come #contraception #definition

Race wasn't an issue. My family was French, but Yorkville was a melting pot of races and cultures. ↗

— Bob Cousy

#family #french #issue #melting #melting pot