Barnaut Champagne Quotes & Sayings

Thomas Jefferson, that owner of many slaves, chose to begin the Declaration of Independence by directly contradicting the moral basis of slavery, writing "we hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, and that they are endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable Rights ... " thus undercutting simultaneously any argument that Africans were racially inferior, and also that they or their ancestors could ever have been justly and legally deprived of their freedom. In doing so, however, he did not propose some radically new conception of rights and liberties. Neither have subsequent political philosophers. For the most part, we've just kept the old ones, but with the word "not" inserted here and there. Most of our most precious rights and freedoms are a series of exceptions to an overall moral and legal framework that suggests we shouldn't really have them in the first place. — David Graeber

Know your margins; then focus on growing the business. — Ehab Atalla

The resurrection is a fact better attested than any event recorded in any history, whether ancient or modern. — Charles Spurgeon

When God speaks, the Holy Spirit is the One who brings it to pass. He's the Doer of the things of God. So, when God wants to do something in your life, it will have to be by the Holy Spirit. This is why you need the Holy Spirit in your life today. — Chris Oyakhilome

I think everyone thinks their family is insane, and every family is insane. There is no real normal. — Seth Gabel

Look," she said, making the conscious decision to wrench herself back before her frustrated wolf took control and she found herself feasting on male lips currently thin with anger, "it's nothing personal. I'm generally a bitch. — Nalini Singh

The world makes way for the man who knows where he is going — Ralph Waldo Emerson

Some people, like my dad, have invisible scars; others, like Tia, have scars you can see. — Glenda Millard

I don't think acting should be all-encompassing. So, when I'm not shooting, I'll go down to Mexico on a spear-fishing trip for a couple of weeks, or I'll go to the Coral Sea, or I'll go to Panama, or wherever. — Tanc Sade

eBooks make lousy door stoppers — Greg Davidson