"The anti-slavery party contends that slavery is wrong in itself, and the Government is a consolidated national democracy. We of the South contend that slavery is right, and that this is a confederate Republic of sovereign States."

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Source : "Congressman from South Carolina, in a speech to the House". The Congressional Globe, January 25, 1860.

Laurence M. Keitt

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“When you put faith, hope and love together, you can raise positive kids in a negative world.”
“About Swami Vivekanada: I am not saying that the message of the Swami was the final word in our nationalism... But it was tremendous - something with an undying glory of its own. If you read his books, if you read his lectures, you are struck at once with his love of humanity, his patriotism, not abstract patriotism which came to us from Europe but of different nature altogether a more living thing, something which we feel within ourselves when we read his writings.”
“Theres no guilt in eating fruits, vegetables, nuts and grains.”
“I'm hoping for a return to at least partial sanity someday, but I'm not optimistic.”
“There were the classic challenges any tourist faces, like getting lost, getting sick, losing things, getting in a fight... All these things happened numerous times. The only point of the trip that was defiantly challenging was a point that's not actually in our film.”
“Ian grinned at her, trailing a pale hand down his chest. â€œLuscious, arenâ€Ÿt I, poppet? Go on, stare. I donâ€Ÿt mind.”
“Now, after years of observation and enough courage to admit what I have observed, I try to plant peace if I do not want discord; to plant loyalty and honesty if I want to avoid betrayal and lies.”
“I think when Fox News goes to the Megyn Kellys, the Bret Baiers, and people who don't have much experience who haven't covered campaigns, the result is sometimes you have these inane questions that come out and, frankly, waste everybody's time.”

Source : "David Shuster Slams Fox News Moderators At GOP Debate" by Katherine Fung, www.huffingtonpost.com. September 26, 2011.

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