"There is no negro problem. The problem is whether the American people have loyalty enough, honor enough, patriotism enough, to live up to their own constitution"

-- Frederick Douglass

#Loyalty Quotes #People Quotes #Honor Quotes

“Each image suggests an inner reality, a kind of scar of the past, a reflection of an act or an event once lived.”
“Man studied birds for centuries, trying to learn how to make a machine to fly like them. He never did do the trick; his final success came when he broke away entirely and tried new methods.”

Source : John W. Campbell Jr. (1955). “Who Goes There?: And Other Stories”
“Hiking. I don't like either the word or the thing. People ought to saunter in the mountains...the se mountains are our Holy Land, and we ought to saunter through them reverently, not 'hike' through them.”
“A good marriage is a contest of generosity.”
“The center of life is female - we all come from our mothers. I've always drawn women or female spirits. I feel deeply about this - who gives a damn about some guy on a cross? My mother's creativity was smothered after she married and raised a family, but she was supportive of me - even my father expected me to carry on in her footsteps. I prefer to have no kids but lots of animals.”
“a woman obsessed with her body is also obsessed with the limitations of her emotional life.”

Source : Kim Chernin (2009). “The Obsession: Reflections on the Tyranny of Slenderness”, p.3, Harper Collins
“It's an irony of our times that men seeking peace must make war.”

Source : Mark Lawrence (2013). “Emperor of Thorns”, p.243, Penguin
“After gaining the incredible platform from 'Glee,' it wasn't so much of a decision to get involved as it was an opportunity to take part. I'll be honest, I'm not so much into the idea of one cause being more important than another; however, I felt that the Trevor Project was a perfect fit for my efforts. It stands for a lot of things that I believe in, as well as falls in line with much of what 'Glee' stands for.”

You may also like:

Abraham Lincoln
16th U.S. President
Booker T. Washington
Educator
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Activist
Harriet Tubman
Activist
John Brown
Abolitionist
Nat Turner
Sojourner Truth
Activist
W. E. B. Du Bois
Historian
William Lloyd Garrison
Journalist