"Where justice is denied, where poverty is enforced, . . . neither persons nor property will be safe."

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Source : Speech on the twenty-fourth anniversary of emancipation in the District of Columbia,Washington, D.C., Apr. 1886

Frederick Douglass

#Justice Quotes #Safe Quotes #Poverty Quotes

“Awareness is a blissful state, not a painful one.”
“I'm drawn to very large texts that are mammothly popular in different parts of the world but are almost unknown here [the USA]. They're safe bets; if they've been around for 2,000 years, there's a reason. It's often a title or just a phrase within the text that will compel me to adapt it.”
“I just don't see the social good in using taxpayer money to fund a network that provides more television and bandwidth for illegally downloading files.”
“I always wonder about psychopaths, just because they have no empathy, does that necessarily mean they enjoy being cruel? Because we all know people who seem to have no empathy that we work with; they're not necessarily cruel.”

Source : "Ruth Wilson". Interview with John Cameron Mitchell, www.interviewmagazine.com. October 31, 2016.
“As long as I can stay north or south, I'm gaining yards.”

Source : "Jamal Lewis: First and Ten". Interview with Jon Robinson, www.ign.com. September 24, 2003.
“We look upon this shaken earth, and we declare our firm and fixed purpose-the building of a peace with justice in a world where moral law prevails.”
“It's all been very interesting.”
“I always feel that in politics, you have a bridle on. Well, I took the bridle off. And I tell you, it felt pretty good.”

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