As long as I am nothing but a ghost of the civil dead, I can do nothing.


Jack Henry Abbott

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DIANE ABBOTT
because that was the only way they felt they could survive.
DIANE ABBOTT
Whenever I felt like slitting my wrists I used to like listening to depressed singers from the 1970s...
DIANE ABBOTT
Gun crime is a major cause of fear and distress throughout the UK. The problem is deeply entrenched ...
DIANE ABBOTT
My London constituency in Hackney has one of the highest levels of gun crime in the country. But the...
DIANE ABBOTT
Many young people carrying real or imitation firearms do so in a mistaken attempt to either boost th...
DIANE ABBOTT
We want to make this a model for other communities in the future.
DEBORAH ABBOTT
The heritage of the state is very agricultural. Re-energizing agriculture is the key to Indiana's ec...
DEBORAH ABBOTT
The goal is to create a new use for the manure that's surrounding the town ? as a biofuel.
DEBORAH ABBOTT
The goal is to create a new use for the manure that's surrounding the town ? as a biofuel,
DEBORAH ABBOTT
I think too many people found that by waiting, maybe the prime locations they wanted were harder to ...
DONNA ABBOTT
We bought the property as much for the tree as for the Victorian house.
DONNA ABBOTT
We've got quite a few ideas. We still have a Land Rover in Australia.
DONNA ABBOTT
They didn't know if he was going to live.
DONNA ABBOTT
It's not like we're alone out there. There are really a lot of people doing this.
DONNA ABBOTT
We used to say that Memorial Day started the season. Now, Presidents' Day is considered the start of...
DONNA ABBOTT
It's like a house. Eventually things start wearing out. There's always something you can be doing.
DONNA ABBOTT
We thought it would be a really good chance for us to get to know her and her to get to know us.
DONNA ABBOTT
Dave had a financial plan for 10 years before it all came together.
DONNA ABBOTT
I mean there are many, many people in all sorts of different countries who don't have a great li...
TONY ABBOTT
What I would like to see is sufficiently good education and health services being delivered to Abori...
TONY ABBOTT
They treat us just like their other friends. They're good to us. And we're good to them.
MARK ABBOTT
I don't want any money.
MARK ABBOTT
They're very genuine, very humble. They really appreciate it.
MARK ABBOTT
We benefit as a growing sport being in a growing region.
MARK ABBOTT
What he does come July 1 is wide open at this point.
NEIL ABBOTT
Sergei is a young player with a future ahead of him and this is a fresh start. Edmonton is a good ho...
NEIL ABBOTT
The 2003-2004 Bruins team has pretty much been dismantled, and he understood that. Leaving Boston is...
NEIL ABBOTT
At this point I really don't know. I haven't gotten any indication that they don't (want to sign him...
NEIL ABBOTT
No doors are closed. It's very early in the process, obviously but I'll just say in a general sense ...
NEIL ABBOTT
I talked to Mike (O'Connell) briefly after New Year's, just touching base, but (had) no discussion o...
NEIL ABBOTT
Photography can never grow up if it imitates some other medium. It has to walk alone; it has to be...
BERENICE ABBOTT
I took to photography like a duck to water. I never wanted to do anything else. Excitement about th...
BERENICE ABBOTT
Abbott: Now, on the St. Louis team we have Who's on first, What's on second, I Don't Know is on thir...
BUD ABBOTT
I can do the tricks and I can skate. I have great skating skills and artistry and well-choreographed...
JEREMY ABBOTT
All Christian worship is a witness of the resurrection of Him who liveth for ever and ever. Because ...
LYMAN ABBOTT
I'm not trouble at all. I'm just a guy trying to get a girl to give him the time of day. I'm like ev...
HAILEY ABBOTT
There are no factions in the Liberal Party.
TONY ABBOTT