#y

I've said it once and I'll say it a a hundred times, I'm forty-four years old. ↗

— Satchel Paige

#i #old #once #said #say

It's funny what a few no-hitters do for a body. ↗

— Satchel Paige

#few #funny

The only change is that baseball has turned Paige from a second class citizen to a second class immortal. ↗

— Satchel Paige

#change #citizen #class #immortal #only

You didn't think of angels as white or black. They were angels. ↗

— Clarence Thomas

#black #think #were #white #you

You gotta keep the ball off the fat part of the bat. ↗

— Satchel Paige

#bat #fat #gotta #keep #off

If there must be trouble, let it be in my day, that my child may have peace. ↗

— Thomas Paine

#day #may #must #peace #trouble

Government, even in its best state, is but a necessary evil; in its worst state, an intolerable one. ↗

— Thomas Paine

#best #even #evil #intolerable #necessary

Arms discourage and keep the invader and plunderer in awe, and preserve order in the world as well as property... Horrid mischief would ensue were the law-abiding deprived of the use of them. ↗

— Thomas Paine

#awe #deprived #discourage #ensue #horrid

The World is my country, all mankind are my brethren, and to do good is my religion. ↗

— Thomas Paine

#brethren #country #good #mankind #world

All national institutions of churches, whether Jewish, Christian or Turkish, appear to me no other than human inventions, set up to terrify and enslave mankind, and monopolize power and profit. ↗

— Thomas Paine

#christian #churches #enslave #human #human inventions