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The Inhabitants of Carolina, thro' the Richness of the Soil, live an easy and pleasant Life. ↗

— John Lawson

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The liberties of none are safe unless the liberties of all are protected. ↗

— William O. Douglas

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One who comes to the Court must come to adore, not to protest. That's the new gloss on the 1st Amendment. ↗

— William O. Douglas

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Research has been called good business, a necessity, a gamble, a game. It is none of these - it's a state of mind. ↗

— Martin H. Fischer

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Those who profess to favor freedom, and yet depreciate agitation, are men who want crops without plowing up the ground. ↗

— Frederick Douglass

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The world was in terrible shape, and I'm glad we stood up and said what we believed; but a lot of the time we'd say these beautiful things about justice and fairness and equality, but we weren't so nice to each other. We'd be jealous and we'd gossip, and we'd be moody and difficult and rude and inconsiderate. Why do I say 'we'? I mean I would be all that-- and if at the time I ever came near to knowing what I'd become, I'd dodge, I'd duck, I'd go on the offensive: the terrible Wall Street bankers. Lots of them were terrible-- and so were lots of us. ↗

— Dorothy Day

#honesty #kindness #beauty

If there is no struggle, there is no progress. ↗

— Frederick Douglass

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There are distinct duties of a poet laureate. I plan a reading series at the Library of Congress and advise the librarian. The rest is how I want to promote poetry. ↗

— Rita Dove

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The United Nations cannot stand by and witness the destruction of the people of West Papua. ↗

— Bernard Dowiyogo

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Beauty and love pass, I know... Oh, there's sadness, too. I suppose all great happiness is a little sad. Beauty means the scent of roses and then the death of roses- ↗

— F. Scott Fitzgerald

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