"Slavery existed before the formation of this Union. It derived from the Constitution that recognition which it would not have enjoyed without the confederation. If the States had not united together, there would have been no obligation on adjoining States to regard any species of property unknown to themselves."

-- Jefferson Davis

#Together Quotes #Slavery Quotes #Unions Quotes

“Don't judge your running by your speed.”
“It's never too late to reach for happiness and no matter what life has done to you, it's never too late to find it.”

Source : Kristen Ashley (2014). “The Will”, p.366, Rock Chick LLC
“The secret of life is to have a task, something you devote your entire life to, something you bring everything to, every minute of the day for the rest of your life. And the most important thing is, it must be something you cannot possibly do.”
“I didnt finish the stories until we went to the Philippines and I got malaria. I couldnt work and I didnt have any money, but I had seven stories. So I wrote three or four more.”
“When Brad [Pitt] responded [to Allied], suddenly what was impossible became possible, which was great. But along the way, whenever I told the story, it had an affect on people. At its core, this was an effective story.”
“No child in Africa, and in fact anywhere in the world, should be denied education.”
“I will point ye out the right path of a virtuous and noble Education; laborious indeed at first ascent, but else so smooth, so green, so full of goodly prospect, and melodious sounds on every side, that the harp of Orpheus was not more charming.”
“It is hard to hide our genes completely. However devoted someone may be to the privacy of his genotype, others with enough curiosity and knowledge can draw conclusions from the phenotype he presents and from the traits of his relatives.”

Source : Philip Kitcher (1997). “The Lives to Come”, p.127, Simon and Schuster

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