"I assert most unhesitatingly, that the religion of the South is a mere covering for the most horrid crimesâ€”a justifier of the most appalling barbarityâ€¦a shelter underâ€¦which the darkest, foulest, grossest, and most infernal deeds of slaveholders find the strongest protection"

-- Frederick Douglass

#Covering Quotes #Shelter Quotes #Deeds Quotes

“I am no martyr upon cross, but I would gladly give my life so that those more deserving may live.”
“If you're listening to a rock star in order to get your information on who to vote for, you're a bigger moron than they are.”

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“There is a sort of charm in ugliness, if the person has some redeeming qualities and is only ugly enough.”
“I walked slowly out on the beach. A few yards below high-water mark I stopped and read the words again: WRITE YOUR WORRIES ON THE SAND. I let the paper blow away, reached down and picked up a fragment of shell. Kneeling there under the vault of the sky, I wrote several words, one above the other. Then I walked away, and I did not look back. I had written my troubles on the sand. The tide was coming in.”
“Our defense is in the preservation of the spirit which prizes liberty as a heritage of all men, in all lands, everywhere. Destroy this spirit and you have planted the seeds of despotism around your own doors.”
“[The doctor] peeked into the trauma room and saw the situation: the clerk - that is, me - standing next to the orderly, Georgie, both of us on drugs, looking down at a patient with a knife sticking up out of his face. 'What seems to be the trouble?' he asked.”
“If my career detour from special education to singing has done one thing, it has afforded me the opportunity to make a difference in the lives of others.”
“Evil is something you recognize immediately you see it: it works through charm”

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