To relive the relationship between owner and slave we can consider how we treat our cars and dogs -- a dog exercising a somewhat similar leverage on our mercies and an automobile being comparable in value to a slave in those days.

Those who, while they disapprove of the character and measures of a government, yield to it their allegiance and support are undoubtedly its most conscientious supporters, and so frequently the most serious obstacles to reform.

Henry David Thoreau

We're starting to push the envelope in terms of the expectations, and you can also have your own style, personality and sense of humor, because now we're allowed to.

Lisa Guerrero

I love to see the old heath's withered brake Mingle its crimpled leaves with furze and ling, While the old heron from the lonely lake Starts slow and flaps its melancholy wing

John Clare

Color contributes to beauty, but it is not beauty. Color should have a minor part in the consideration of beauty, because it is not color but the structure that constitutes its essence.

Johann Joachim Winckelmann

At last now you can be what the old cannot recall and the young long for in dreams, yet still include them all.

Elizabeth Jennings

The best work is not what is most difficult for you it is what you do best.

Jean-Paul Sartre

As a Member of Congress, I've continued my family's tradition of focusing on education.

Mark Kennedy

As the daughter of a 25-year veteran of the armed forces, I am incredibly thankful for the sacrifices our women and men have made in Iraq, and continue to make in Afghanistan.

Barbara Lee

They condemn what they do not understand.

Marcus Tullius Cicero

Faith: not wanting to know what is true.

Friedrich Nietzsche

You never lose by loving. You always lose by holding back.

Barbara de Angelis

Hear much, speak little

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