"Slavery is founded on the selfishness of man's nature - opposition to it on his love of justice. These principles are in eternal antagonism; and when brought into collision so fiercely as slavery extension brings them, shocks and throes and convulsions must ceaselessly follow."

-- Abraham Lincoln

#Men Quotes #Justice Quotes #Selfishness Quotes

“Acceptance of prevailing standards often means we have no standards of our own.”

Source : Jean Toomer (2003). “The Uncollected Works of American Author Jean Toomer, 1894-1967”, Edwin Mellen Press
“I love the French detective series 'Spiral.' It's quite brutal to watch, but I'm already hooked.”
“I'm not perfect, I'm not an angel, but I try to live a certain way because it brings honour and respect to my mother. I tell people that when they look at me, they're looking at nothing but a big, overgrown, tough mama's boy. That's who I am.”
“An audience can really lift you right up off the stage.”
“Great literature transcends its native land, but none that I know of ignores its soil.”

Source : J. Frank Dobie (2010). “Coronado's Children: Tales of Lost Mines and Buried Treasures of the Southwest”, p.7, University of Texas Press
“All beginnings are involuntary.”
“I like myself. I think I'm cool. But I think when you're in a band you take on a role within the band, and I think people over the course of years can identify those roles as almost being bigger than just the individual. I don't know. It's kind of hard to talk about.”
“Failure is an enigma. You worry about it, and it teaches you something.”

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