Reparations For Slavery Quotes & Sayings

There is a lot I could have anticipated but I live in present & there is no anticipation to it, I wish I had a time machine — Pushpa Rana

Mistakes from our collective past are like any other: they require intervention--a remedy--to correct. They don't erase themselves over time. — Jonathan R. Miller

Things always appear clear and simple from behind glass. It is in the thick of tribulations that blurring details arise, complicating my life. You can't rightly judge me, nor can you assist, from a shielded viewpoint. — Richelle E. Goodrich

made more than a century ago? Certain individuals feel that the United States cannot be forgiven for slavery until reparations are made to the descendants of slaves. This belief goes back to Mosaic laws requiring anyone who caused harm to someone else to make reparations to that individual or to the family if the — Ben Carson

In some ways [the Internet]'s definitely an enemy. — Tony Kushner

Ralph Nader has slavery reparations on his platform, which makes me think he's not serious. If he thought he could win he wouldn't even say that. — Dave Chappelle

The popular mocking of reparations as a harebrained scheme authored by wild-eyed lefties and intellectually unserious black nationalists is fear masquerading as laughter. — Ta-Nehisi Coates

I cling to depression, thinking it a form of truth. — Mason Cooley

One man with a genuine experience with God is worth more than a library full of arguments. — Vance Havner

It's like a Charles Dickens orphanage collided with a furniture-store showroom. — Craig Schaefer

Conceive your dreams.
Believe in your dreams.
Pursue your dreams.
Achieve your dreams. — Lailah Gifty Akita

It's human nature to extrapolate the recent past into the future, but it's terrible that managements go along with this. — Charlie Munger

But think about it. We've tried for over twenty years to do everything right, to save our money, to pay our bills, to raise our kid, and to live within the law. We've done everything the right way, at least to the best of our ability." Rick grabbed her hand. "But that's not enough. That guy is right about at least that much. He's giving us a chance to do something that will lash out, and he's willing to pay for it. I can see the sincerity all over his face. He's not trying to con us. He just wants an ally, a foot soldier."
"Why you?" Renee asked bluntly. "Is it that hard to find someone crazy enough to do something that extreme?" She caught herself and started laughing. "Maybe it is. — Rich Hoffman

You will surely succeed in life with great passion and desire for self-study. — Lailah Gifty Akita

You'll find life a hell of a lot more enjoyable as my wife," Gentry continued. "You won't be anyone's servant. You can do as you please, within reasonable limits. And you won't have to fear Lord Radnor any longer."
"All for the price of sleeping with you," she muttered.
He smiled, all velvety arrogance as he replied. "You may come to enjoy that part of it most of all."
-Nick & Lottie — Lisa Kleypas

I wasn't taking drugs or drinking. I was working and working and working. But I wasn't writing anything. — Patti Smith

It's great that I get accused of not being politically correct. People need to take themselves less seriously. This world is so screwed up as it is, we've all got to relax a bit more. — Michael Bay

What good are fans? You can't eat applause for breakfast. You can't sleep with it. — Bob Dylan

No time to spare: the expression assumed its full significance, as so many expressions do in wartime. — Guy Sajer