"Rights are to be taken, not requested; seized, not begged for."

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Source : "Inside the Monster : Writings on the United States and American Imperialism" by José Martí, translated by Elinor Randall, (p. 27), 1975.

Jose Marti

#Taken Quotes #Rights Quotes

“Steve Jobs was Apple; Sir Alex Ferguson is Manchester United,”
“Why is the Keystone Pipeline the very first, #1 item on the Republicans' agenda? We know that this pipeline runs terrible environmental risks and it just won't do much for the American people. So why is this bill so urgent? Money and power.”
“Huge knots of sea-weed hung upon the jagged and pointed stones, trembling in every breath of wind; and the green ivy clung mournfully round the dark and ruined battlements. Behind it rose the ancient castle, its towers roofless, and its massive walls crumbling away, but telling us proudly of its own might and strength, as when, seven hundred years ago, it rang with the clash of arms, or resounded with the noise of feasting and revelry.”
“At the same time, though, I was beginning to wonder if this was just how it was supposed to be for me, like perhaps I wasn't capable of having that many people in my life at any one time. My mom turned up, Nate walked away, one door opening as another clicked shut.”
“Every once in a while, the market does something so stupid it takes your breath away”
“My studies have proven conclusively that untreated cancer victims actually live up to four times longer than treated individuals.”
“It was nice to focus on things outside of my body. Music has always done that for me.”

Source : "Nanci Griffith finds her voice again". Interview with Quinn Brown, www.cnn.com. August 6, 2009.
“I haven't had a big-ass feature, somebody put me on a label, cash money didn't come scoop me up. I've literally put myself into millionaire position. All the stuff I've done and I'm doing has nothing to do with nobody. I don't owe anybody anything. No wife, no kids - I don't owe nobody nothin'.”

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