"The reason people think it's important to be white is that they think it's important not to be black."

-- James A. Baldwin

#Thinking Quotes #White Quotes #Racism Quotes

“I think people enjoy finding out something genuinely new.”
“I always believed that my silence on several topics will be an advantage in the long run.”
“At 50$ per barrel of oil we shall lose about three trillion rubles of budget income”
“The people are what matter to government, and a government should aim to give all the people under its jurisdiction the best possible life.”

Source : Frances Perkins, Joseph Paul St. Sure (1965). “Two views of American labor”
“I have some amazing fans! They're just so dedicated and so nice and so sweet. I'm like NO ONE and I'm just starting out and these people appreciate your work and it's nice to hear that.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“Pray to God and make your heart as pure as the star.”
“Firearms stand next in importance to the Constitution itself. They are the American people's liberty teeth and keystone under independence.... From the hour the Pilgrims landed to the present day, events, occurrences, and tendencies prove that to ensure peace, security, and happiness, the rifle and pistol are equally indispensable.... The very atmosphere of firearms everywhere restrains evil interference; they deserve a place of honor with all that's good... A free people ought to be armed.”
“The art of newspaper paragraphing is to stroke a platitude until it purrs like an epigram.”

Source : In E. Anthony O Rare Don Marquis (1962) p. 354

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