"I would have the Constitution torn in shreds and scattered to the four winds of heaven. Let us destroy the Constitution and build on its ruins the temple of liberty. I have brothers in slavery. I have seen chains placed on their limbs and beheld them captive."

-- William Wells Brown

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“Instead of dwelling on negative thoughts, cause your mind to dwell on peace and joy.”
“There is no greater good in all the world than motherhood.”
“She was perfect. I knew this the moment she emerged from my body, white and wet and wailing. Beyond the requisite ten fingers and ten toes, the beating heart, the lungs inhaling and exhaling oxygen, my daughter knew how to scream. She knew how to make herself heard. She knew how to reach out and latch on. She knew what she needed to do to survive. I didnâ€™t know how it was possible that such perfection could have developed within a body as flawed as my own, but when I looked into her face, I saw that it clearly was.”

Source : Vanessa Diffenbaugh (2011). “The Language of Flowers”, p.173, Pan Macmillan
“Flight by machines heavier than air is unpractical and insignificant, if not utterly impossible.”
“I get to see the different sides of skating now which involves not only competing, but entertainment.”
“I eat the same foods but half the quantity.”
“Communism has established centres of infection... No area in the world is as vital to American security as the Caribbean...We need a massive injection of money to reset the country on its feet, and this injection can come only from our great, capable friend and neighbor the United States.”
“Of all the wonders that the world had to offer, only art promised immortality.”

Source : "Sergei Diaghilev: first lord of the dance" by Luke Jennings, www.theguardian.com. September 11, 2010.

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