"For of all slaveholders with whom I have ever met, religious slaveholders are the worst. I have ever found them the meanest and basest, the most cruel and cowardly, of all others."

-- Frederick Douglass

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“It cannot be emphasized too strongly that Christianity has a vested interest in human misery. Christianity, perhaps more than any religion before or since, capitalized on human suffering; and it was enormously successful in insuring its own existence through the perpetuation of human suffering.”
“There are only two places in the world where time takes precedence over the job to be done. School and prison.”
“When you're acting in front of a camera, you can really give all of your emotions with your eyes so the camera can see it. When you're in voiceover, you can't do that at all. It's a lot tougher because you have to convey this emotion, and you have to have a lot of trust in the animators.”

Source : "'Andi Mack' star Joshua Rush talks Houston, voicing Bunga in 'The Lion Guard'". Interview with Joey Guerra, www.chron.com. April 26, 2017.
“Take your materials from what is around you - if you see a dandelion, write about that; if it's misty, write about the mist. The materials for poetry are all about you in profusion.”
“Let others seek safety. Nothing is safer than misfortune, Where there's no fear of greater ill to come.”
“Democracy must be built through open societies that share information. When there is information, there is enlightenment. When there is debate, there are solutions. When there is no sharing of power, no rule of law, no accountability, there is abuse, corruption, subjugation and indignation.”

Source : "Kosovar President Atifete Jahjaga: the Four Key Ingredients for Peace". thehill.com. June 14, 2012.
“Ignorance is always ready to admire itself. Procure yourself critical friends.”
“The man who is most aggressive in teaching tolerance is the most intolerant of all: he wants a world full of people too timid and ashamed to really disagree with anything.”

Source : Criss Jami (2015). “Killosophy”, p.32, Criss Jami

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