"This body, the United States Congress, was united, Republicans and Democrats alike, in taking that action, toppling the Taliban government, and working to try and root out al Qaeda and find Osama bin Laden."

-- Chris Van Hollen

#Roots Quotes #Government Quotes #Trying Quotes

“Then about 12 years ago it dawned on me that folk music - the music of Woody Guthrie and Phil Ochs, early Bob Dylan, Johnny Cash, Pete Seeger - could be as heavy as anything that comes through a Marshall stack. The combination of three chords and the right lyrical couplet can be as heavy as anything in the Metallica catalogue.”
“The coming of Christ means a denial of what we thought we were. It means destroying the white devil in us. Reconciliation to God means that white people are prepared to deny themselves (whiteness), take up the cross (blackness) and follow Christ (black ghetto).”

Source : James H. Cone “Black Theology and Black Power”, Orbis Books
“Since we cannot hope for order, let us withdraw with style from the chaos.”

Source : Tom Stoppard (2011). “Lord Malquist and Mr. Moon: A Novel”, p.21, Grove/Atlantic, Inc.
“Brave men donâ€™t learn from their home.”
“One of the saddest days of my life was when my mother told me Superman did not exist. I was a comic book reader. I read comic books and I just loved them because even in the depths of the ghetto, you just thought, 'heâ€™s coming. I just donâ€™t know when because he always shows up and saves all the good people.â€™ I was maybe in the fourth grade, fifth grade; I was like â€˜Mom you think Supermanâ€™s coming?â€™ and she said â€˜Superman is not real.â€™ She thought I was crying because itâ€™s like Santa Claus is not real. I was crying because there was no one coming with enough power to save us.”

Source : "Waiting for 'Superman'". www.imdb.com. January 22, 2010.
“How charming is divine philosophy! Not harsh and crabb”
“Our properties within our own territories [should not] be taxed or regulated by any power on earth but our own.”
“There is more inside you than you dare think.”

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