Quote by Toni Morrison
Black people have always been used as a buffer in this country bet

Black people have always been used as a buffer in this country between powers to prevent class war. – Toni Morrison

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Black literature is taught as sociology, as tolerance, not as a serious, rigorous art form. – Toni Morrison

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There is nothing of any consequence in education, in the economy, in city planning, in social policy that does not concern black people. – Toni Morrison

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Education
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In the months leading up to World War II, there was a tendency among many Americans to talk absently about the trouble in Europe. Nothing that happened an ocean away seemed very threatening. – Gene Tierney

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Cliches about supporting the troops are designed to distract from failed policies, policies promoted by powerful special interests that benefit from war, anything to steer the discussion away from the real reasons the war in Iraq will not end anytime soon. – Ron Paul

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For what can war, but endless war, still breed? – John Milton

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People didnt have the political guts to stand up against an American war. – George McGovern

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History never looks like history when you are living through it. – John W. Gardner

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