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Douglass, Frederick. "The Future of the Negro People of the Slave States." Emancipation League meeting. 12 Feb. 1862, Tremont Temple, Boston, MA, USA.

War!
What is it good for?
Absolutely nothing.

Edwin Starr

War

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Strong, Barett and Norman Whitfield. "War." Performed by The Temptations. Psychedelic Shack. Gordy, 1970.

Eternal vigilance by the people is the price of liberty.

Andrew Jackson

Andrew Jackson's Farewell Address

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Jackson, Andrew. Farewell address. 4 Mar. 1837, Washington, DC USA.

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Malcolm X. Speech at the founding rally of Organization of Afro-American Unity. Founding rally of Organization of Afro-American Unity. 28 June 1964, Audubon Ballroom, New York City, NY, USA.

If an institution is too big to fail, then it is too big to exist.

Bernie Sanders

On bailouts, in the wake of the 2008 Financial Crisis.

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Sanders, Bernie. News release. 18 Sept. 2008.

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Morrison, Toni. Quoted in Essence. Apr. 1984.

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Jefferson, Thomas. Letter to Marquis de Lafayette. 2 Apr. 1790.

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Jefferson, Thomas. "The Marquis de Lafayette, April 2, 1790." The Life and Selected Writings of Thomas Jefferson: Including the Autobiography, The Declaration of Independence & His Public and Private Letters, edited by Adrienne Koch and William Peden. Modern Library, 1998.

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Melville, Herman. Moby-Dick; or, The Whale. London: Richard Bentley/New York: Harper & Brothers, 1851, ch. 132.

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Melville, Herman. Moby-Dick or, The Whale. Penguin Classics, 2002, ch. 132.

You can't understand it. You would have to be born there.

William Faulkner

Absalom, Absalom!

On the South.

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Faulkner, William. Absalom, Absalom! Chelsea House Publishers, 1987, p. 85.

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Twain, Mark. Mark Twain's Autobiography. Vol. 1, Harper & Brothers, 1924.

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Twain, Mark. "New York, January 10, 1906." Autobiography of Mark Twain, edited by Harriet E. Smith, Benjamin Griffin, Victor Fischer, Michael Barry Frank, Sharon K. Goetz, Leslie Diane Myrick, and Robert Hirst. Vol. 1, University of California Press, 2010.

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Trump, Donald. Speech at campaign rally. 23 Jan. 2016, Dordt University, Sioux Center, IA, USA.

I swear to the Lord
I still can't see
Why Democracy means
Everybody but me.

Langston Hughes

The Black Man Speaks

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Hughes, Langston. "The Black Man Speaks." Jim Crow’s Last Stand. Negro Publications Society of America, 1943, I. 1.

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King, Martin Luther, Jr. "Facing the Challenge of a New Age." First Annual Institute on Nonviolence and Social Change meeting. 3 Dec. 1956, Montgomery, AL, USA.

I've failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed.

Michael Jordan

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"Failure." Directed by Mark Romanek. Performed by Michael Jordan. Nike, May 1997.

You play to win the game.

Herm Edwards

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Edwards, Herm. Spoken during New York Jets press conference. 30 Oct. 2002, Hempstead, NY, USA.

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Franzen, Jonathan. The Corrections. Farrar, Strauss and Giroux, 2001.

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King, Martin Luther, Jr. Stride Toward Freedom: The Montgomery Story. Harper & Brothers, 1958, ch. 11.

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Lincoln, Abraham. "Address Before the Wisconsin State Agricultural Society, Milwaukee, Wisconsin." 30 Sept. 1859, Milwaukee, WI, USA.

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Lincoln, Abraham. "Address to the Wisconsin State Agricultural Society, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, September 30, 1859." Abraham Lincoln: Speeches and Writings 1859-1865, edited by Don E. Fehrenbacher. Library of America, 1989.

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Jefferson, Thomas. Letter to Issac McPherson. 13 Aug. 1813.

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Jefferson, Thomas. "Issac McPherson, Aug. 13, 1813." The Life and Selected Writings of Thomas Jefferson: Including the Autobiography, The Declaration of Independence & His Public and Private Letters, edited by Adrienne Koch and William Peden. Modern Library, 1998.

Oh yeah, life goes on long after the thrill of livin' is gone.

John Mellencamp

Jack and Diane

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Mellencamp, John. "Jack and Diane." Performed by John Cougar. American Fool. Riva Records, 1982.