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The Southern slave would obey God in respect to marriage, and also

The Southern slave would obey God in respect to marriage, and also to the reading and studying of His word. But this, as we have seen, is forbidden him. – Gerrit Smith

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I trust, that your readers will not construe my words to mean, that I would not have gone to a 3 oclock in the morning session, for the sake of defeating the Nebraska bill. – Gerrit Smith

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The only ground on which a neutral State can claim respect at the hands of belligerents is, that, so far as she is concerned, their rights are protected. – Gerrit Smith

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respect
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True, permanent peace can never be restored, until slavery, the occasion of the war, has ceased. – Gerrit Smith

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You know, my friends, with what a brave carouse I made a Second Marriage in my house favored old barren reason from my bed, and took the daughter of the vine to spouse. – Omar Khayyam

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It is statistically proven that the strongest institution that guarantees procreation and continuity of the generations is marriage between one man and one woman. We dont want genocide. We dont want to destroy the sacred institution of marriage. – Alveda King

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Marriage means commitment. Of course, so does insanity. – Author unknown

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It couldnt be a simpler answer. Marriage doesnt really mean anything to me. I feel like in many ways marriage is more for the families of the couple than for the people involved, so I dont gravitate to it. – Jon Hamm

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Justice that love gives is a surrender, justice that law gives is a punishment. – Mahatma Gandhi

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Im not a drug addict. My wild period wasnt about drugs it was about sexual freedom. – Calvin Klein

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In peace the sons bury their fathers, but in war the fathers bury their sons. – Croesus

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An armed society is a polite society. Manners are good when one may have to back up his acts with his life. – Robert A. Heinlein

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