"They who refuse education to a black man would turn the South into a vast poorhouse, and labor into a pendulum, necessity vibrating between poverty and indolence."

-- Henry Ward Beecher

#Men Quotes #Black Quotes #Poverty Quotes

“I cried a river of tears but he was too heavy to float on them. So I dragged him with me these years across an ocean.”
“You have Within you more love than you could ever understand.”
“We are proud to have with us the poet lariat of Chicago.”
“Be polite to all, friendly to none. Be professional. Be ready to kill everyone and everything.”

Source : Janet Morris, Chris Morris (2010). “The Sacred Band”, p.127, Paradise Publishing
“Strangely, I feel that I become increasingly reclusive in my normal life and more open and candid in my music.”
“What is it that turns people into artists? It often comes from some kind of pain or angst, a need to understand or express something. It very rarely comes from confidence, being raised by parents who want to hear what you have to say and wants to encourage you.”
“Stronger than alcohol, vaster than poetry, Ferment the freckled red bitterness of love!”
“Feminism's agenda is basic: It asks that women not be forced to 'choose' between public justice and private happiness.”

Source : Susan Faludi (1991). “Backlash: the undeclared war against American women”, Crown Pub

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