"There is great fear expressed on all sides lest this war shall be made a war for the negro. I am willing that it shall be. It is awar to found an empire on the negro in slavery, and shame on us if we do not make it a war to establish the negro in freedom--against whom the whole nation, North and South, East and West, in one mighty conspiracy, has combined from the beginning."

-- Susan B. Anthony

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“How majestic is naturalness. I have never met a man whom I really considered a great man who was not always natural and simple. Affectation is inevitably the mark of one not sure of himself.”
“I have yet to discover a dish that will not come alive in the presence of champagne.”
“When the kirtan is harmonious with so many people, itâ€™s a tumultuous beautiful sound. We canâ€™t hear just one voice during the chorus; or rather we do hear one voice. But that one voice is actually the sound of everyoneâ€™s voice in harmony. Thatâ€™s our offering to God. And why is it so pleasing to the Lord? Because we are all cooperating for a higher purpose. We are all united for the pleasure of the center, for the pleasure of Krishna, in spite of all our differences.”
“I come from more of a sculptural background so I think of the form before anything else.”
“God's love doesn't leave out Jews or Muslims or anyone.”
“Prostitution happens to you because of troubles you had. In reality no woman would choose to do that.”
“I hate the modern day the kids live in. I don't think it's very cool. Everyone's interconnected.”
“Criticism will need an injection of humility that is, a recognition of its role as ancillary to the arts, needed only occasionally in a temporary capacity. Since the critic exists only for introducing and explaining, he must be readily intelligible; he has no special vocabulary: criticism is in no way a science or a system.”

Source : Jacques Barzun (1989). “The Culture We Deserve”, p.20, Wesleyan University Press

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