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And, then, the old man preached about the daily indignities of the old south— insulting stereotypes and caricatures that portrayed us as buffoons, butlers, and beasts; lies about our morality and worth, some told by preachers who said we had no souls, that we wore the Curse of Ham; backbreaking toil, often forced by law, the fruit of our labor on another man’s plate; poverty that warped, crippled, and everywhere premature death; our voices silenced by poll taxes and literacy tests; schooling in raggedy shacks with tattered books because education would spoil us for work in the fields; cuffed, chained, and caged, for crimes both real and imagined; our soldiers killed in their uniforms, their medals stripped; our businesses, churches, schools, and homes burned to the ground when we progressed too much; our women and children raped; everywhere the barbarism of color discrimination followed us, enveloped us, and when all else failed, there were sadistic cowards with ropes and pyres to kill us, kill our bodies, to try and end us. But, we did not end.

– David PilgrimRate it:

And, therefore, indifference is always the friend of the enemy, for it benefits the aggressor -- never its victim, whose pain is magnified when he or she feels forgotten.

– Elie Wiesel, The Perils of IndifferenceRate it:

Andrew is the operating system of the future and always will be.

– Mary R. ThompsonRate it:

Andy Pettitte is my friend...I think he misremembers.

– Roger ClemensRate it:

ane hunder pundis will do mair presently to the said work nor ane thousand pundis will do quhen it is fallin downe

– Robert Drummond of CarnockRate it:

Anecdotes and maxims are rich treasures to the man of the world, for he knows how to introduce the former at fit place in conversation.

– Johann von GoetheRate it:

Angel of God, my guardian dear To whom God's love commits me here Ever this day be at my side, To light and guard, to rule and guide.

– Catholic PrayerRate it:

Angel-character solves problems and matters; whereas, evil-minded gains ugly purposes and motives. It displays an authentic context and concept.

– Ehsan SehgalRate it:

Angels and ministers of grace defend us.Be thou a spirit of health, or goblin damned,Bring with thee airs from heaven, or blasts from hell,Be thy intents wicked, or charitable,Thou com'st in such a questionable shape,That I will speak to thee.

– William ShakespeareRate it:

Angels are everywhere. Know you’ve found one when you see happiness & hope.

– Mitchell KogerRate it:

Angels around us, angels beside us, angels within us. Angels are watching over you when times are good or stressed. Their wings wrap gently around you, whispering you are loved and blessed.

– Angel BlessingRate it:

Angels can fly because they take themselves lightly.

– Gilbert Keith ChestertonRate it:

Angels can't be pure beings if they can't even resist the temptation of humans. Being tempted too; shows the existence of free-will.

– Mwanandeke KindemboRate it:

Angels dancing on the head of a pin dissolve into nothingness at the bedside of a dying child.

– Waiter Rant, Waiter Rant weblog, 06-21-05Rate it:

Angels fly because they take themselves lightly.

– G. K. ChestertonRate it:

Angels invite themselves, but you invite your own demons.

– Link StarbureiyRate it:

Angels may be very excellent sort of folk in their own way, but we, poor mortals in our present state, would probably find them precious slow company.

– Jerome K. JeromeRate it:

Angels themselves do not eat, just as God is immune to hunger and thirst.

– Mwanandeke KindemboRate it:

Angels want peace; devils want war! Wise man wants tranquillity and creation; stupid man wants noise and destruction!

– Mehmet Murat ildanRate it:

Anger always has a reason but love is always the answer.

– Debasish Mridha, M.D.Rate it:

Anger always has a reason but there are no good reasons to be angry.

– Debasish Mridha, M.D.Rate it:

Anger and aggressive behavior create a combative environment and temporarily reduces one’s ability to utilize their intellectual capacity.

– RJ Intindola – (Gandolfo)Rate it:

Anger and intolerance are the enemies of correct understanding.

– Mohandas Karamchand GandhiRate it:

Anger and jealousy can no more bear to lose sight of their objects than love.

– George EliotRate it:

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