Ending Segregation Quotes & Sayings

We are all dying one by one. We all smell of mortality, and we can't wash it off. — Siri Hustvedt

Look at liberty's greatest historic advances: ending slavery. Giving women the vote. Outlawing legal segregation. Each and every time, the people at the forefront of advancing those reforms - often putting their lives on the line - called themselves liberals. — Rick Perlstein

Words fall out of the sky like leaves, girl. Grab a couple and write 'em down. — Sharon M. Draper

It's become impossible to enjoy most quality television shows because the hurt or endangered women device is so frequently used. — Jessica Valenti

How'd you like that one, God? — Joe Don Looney

To use ones religion as a rationalization for lack of financial success demeans that faith. — James Cook

The history of the present King of Great Britain is a history of repeated injuries and usurpations, all having in direct object the establishment of an absolute Tyranny over these States." More important, all of Jefferson's specific digs at the king were preceded by one self-evident fact that obliterated any and all justifications for monarchy, aristocracy, and colonialism until the end of time, even though neither its author nor his comrades truly believed it: All men are created equal. A — Sarah Vowell

Did he just say ... " someone whispered at the back. "Yes, he did." "Someone should check for snow. Again. — Eve Langlais

Life is learning how to deal with traffic. It requires patience, a good sense of timing, and sometimes not giving in to the traffic but reshaping your life. — Frederick Lenz

The giver measures his gift with one yardstick, and the receiver measures it with another. — Laura Huxley

Great is the hand that holds dominion over man by a scribbled name. — Dylan Thomas

I don't have to do the lead. If I dig a part, I'll do it. — Kevin Bacon

Before the Pilgrims landed at Plymouth, we were here. Before the pen of Jefferson etched across the pages of history the majestic words of the Declaration of Independence, we were here. — Martin Luther King Jr.