"It should be remembered that hundreds of people of African ancestry also walked the Trail of Tears with the Cherokee during the forced removal of 1838-1839. Although we know about the terrible human suffering of our native people and the members of other tribes during the removal, we rarely hear of those black people who also suffered."

-- Wilma Mankiller

#People Quotes #Black Quotes #Suffering Quotes

“It's not what you do, it's how you feel while doing it.”
“It was the courts, of course, that took away prayer from our schools, that took away Bible reading from our schools. It's the courts that gave us same-sex marriage. So it is quite a battlefield, and the Supreme Court is the highest court in the land.”
“I work alone. Humans are incredible, because when you come alone, they will receive you, they accept you, they protect you, they give you all things that you need, and they teach you all things you must know. When you come with two persons or three persons, you have a group in front of them. They don't discuss with the new persons what is important to them...”
“A desire to be observed, considered, esteemed, praised, beloved, and admired by his fellows is one of the earliest as well as the keenest dispositions discovered in the heart of man.”
“You shake my nerves and you rattle my brain, too much love drives a man insane. You broke my will, but what a thrill. Goodness gracious, great balls of fire.”

Source : Song: Great Balls of Fire
“The incompetent quickly throws himself into another impressive enterprise in order to escape his responsibility from previous disaster.”
“We talk of the second coming, half the world has never heard of the first.”
“I think sometimes to still be angry is appropriate, but you want to be able to live with it.”

Source : Source: www.wbur.org

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