Quote by Frederick Douglass
America is false to the past, false to the present, and solemnly b

America is false to the past, false to the present, and solemnly binds herself to be false to the future. – Frederick Douglass

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It is not light that we need, but fire it is not the gentle shower, but thunder. We need the storm, the whirlwind, and the earthquake. – Frederick Douglass

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A battle lost or won is easily described, understood, and appreciated, but the moral growth of a great nation requires reflection, as well as observation, to appreciate it. – Frederick Douglass

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There is still a future with music, because people want music. – Maynard James Keenan

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An author is a fool who, not content with boring those he lives with, insists on boring future generations. – Charles de Montesquieu

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No, I think the future of humanity will be like the past, well do what weve always done and there will still be human beings. Granted, there will always be people doing something different and there are a lot of possibilities. – Octavia Butler

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Since God knows our future, our personalities, and our capacity to listen, He isnt ever going to say more to us than we can deal with at the moment. – Charles Stanley

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A silent mouth is melodious. – Proverb

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Marilyn Monroe never sold a platinum album. And more people know my music than what I look like. – Shania Twain

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I just think it would be unrealistic to suggest were going to eliminate every last domestic insurgent in Afghanistan. Certainly, the history of the country would indicate thats not a very realistic objective, and I think we have to have realistic objectives. – Stephen Harper

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An entrepreneur tends to bite off a little more than he can chew hoping hell quickly learn how to chew it. – Roy Ash

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