"The saddest fact I've learned is nobody matters less to our society than young black women. Nobody."

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Source : "Miss Me With the Pass for R. Kelly", www.huffingtonpost.com. December 3, 2015.

Jim DeRogatis

#Black Quotes #Our Society Quotes #Matter Quotes

“Many citizens see all the leadership of these large institutions together in a conspiracy against them rather than in any adversary relationship with each other.”
“I did precisely the wrong thing. The cotton showed me a loss and I kept it. The wheat showed me a profit and I sold it out. Of all the speculative blunders there are few greater than trying to average a losing game. Always sell what shows you a loss and keep what shows you a profit.”
“Marriage is rather a silly habit.”
“The general who advances without coveting fame and retreats without fearing disgrace, whose only thought is to protect his country and do good service for his sovereign, is the jewel of the kingdom.”
“Let us prove to the world that good taste, good art, and good writing can be good selling.”
“There may be a soul of the world, there may be ... a psychical side, of which we are not aware, to every atom in the universe, and the psychical side, like the moon, may show us ever but the one face, the other forever in the shadow; but, at best, this is only a conjecture, it presents no solid foundation upon which to rest a theory.”
“There are organizations like Southern Poverty Law Center, there are some private investigators that work for the Republican Establishment, that actually use technology to hack into your phone. ... Secure your phone. Black Phone by the makers of Silent Circle is probably the most secure phone out there.”
“The government is unresponsive to the needs of the little man. Under 5' 7", it is impossible to get your congressman on the phone.”

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