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Stephen Mansfield

"There is a schizophrenic nature in modern politics. A leader is expected to have a religious faith but he is not supposed to let it influence him in his duties. Somehow, the truths that determine everything else about his existence are not allowed to influence how he conducts himself in public life. Not only that, his principles are usually considered so personal that the public is not even allowed to know for certain what they are. This passes for noble statecraft in our time. It was once thought cowardice."

-- Stephen Mansfield

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“Leaves covered pavement like soggy cereal.”

Source : Patricia Cornwell (2010). “The Body Farm: Scarpetta 5”, p.224, Simon and Schuster
“If you know the history of the whole concept of whiteness if you know the history of the whole concept of the white race, where it came from and for what reason you know that it was a trick, and it's worked brilliantly. You see, prior to the mid to late 1600s, in the colonies of what would become the United States, there was no such thing as the white race. Those of us of European descent did not refer to ourselves by that term really ever before then.”

Source : "The Pathology of Privilege: Racism". Speach produced by Media Education Foundation, 2008.
“It is contended by many that ours is a Christian government, founded upon the Bible, and that all who look upon the book as false or foolish are destroying the foundation of our country. The truth is, our government is not founded upon the rights of gods, but upon the rights of men. Our Constitution was framed, not to declare and uphold the deity of Christ, but the sacredness of humanity. Ours is the first government made by the people and for the people. It is the only nation with which the gods have had nothing to do.”
“People who know how to employ themselves, always find leisure moments, while those who do nothing are forever in a hurry.”
“If you believe you're a poet, then you're saved.”
“In hell, all the messages you ever left on answering machines will be played back to you.”
“As people buy less and less records, it's become more and more important for me to spend more and more on them - to lavish that much more attention on them. The Bad Seeds were always quite protective and old school, but Grinderman has opened us up to do anything and be shameless. We're not so precious about it.”
“Knock-knock, motherfucker.”

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