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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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Where justice is denied, where poverty is enforced, where ignorance prevails, and where any one class is made to feel that society is in an organized conspiracy to oppress, rob, and degrade them, neither persons nor property will be safe. – Frederick Douglass

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Oppression
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We have a close, unshakable bond between the United States and Israel, and between the American and Israeli people. We share common values and a commitment to a democratic future for the world, and we are both committed to a two-state solution. But that doesnt mean that were going to agree. – Hillary Clinton

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If Germany, thanks to Hitler and his successors, were to enslave the European nations and destroy most of the treasures of their past, future historians would certainly pronounce that she had civilized Europe. – Simone Weil

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Life is hopefully long, so I dont know what the future will bring. – Bethenny Frankel

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As a child is indulged or checked in its early follies, a ground is generally laid for the happiness or misery of the future man. – Samuel Richardson

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I dont know why theyre doing it. I have to assume that their motives are positive, not negative. But they dont understand the severity of the problem in this state. – Gray Davis

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Then I read Little Women, and of course, like a lot of really young girls, I was very taken with Jo – Jo being the writer and the misfit. – Patti Smith

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We are not only less reasonable and less decent in our dreams… we are also more inteligent, wiser and capable of better judgment when we are asleep than when we are awake. – Erich Fromm

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