The history of American democracy, to say the least, has been checkered. Our nation was founded at a time when people of African descent were held in bondage. After slavery was abolished, they were forced to endure legal discrimination for another 100 years.
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JOHN HENRIK CLARKE We must never forget that Black History is American History. The achievements of African Americans h... YVETTE CLARKE I had to endure the worst time of all in terms of racial discrimination in Hollywood when I first st... SALMA HAYEK Slavery has not been abolished, it has been sanitized BANGAMBIKI HABYARIMANA There never has been a time in our history when work was so abundant or when wages were as high, whe... BENJAMIN HARRISON Anyways, that very same night there was a fight in the casino on B Deck. Some of the passengers got ... CHRISTINA ENGELA Our brave soldiers and support personnel are engaged in a battle as important as any the United Stat... VIRGINIA FOXX In 1866, Congress enforced the abolition of slavery by passing a Civil Rights Act, prohibiting actio... RICHARD ROTHSTEIN Forced confessions were extracted from some of the hostages in which they were made to say on camera... 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FAITH EVANS The Times-Picayune continued to operate on the World Wide Web, and WWL-TV continued to broadcast eve... JOHN MAXWELL HAMILTON 100 years from now they are going to look back and say: " God those people were stupid!" 2013. SIMON PENA We are a rebellious nation. Our whole history is treason; our blood was attained before we were born... THEODORE PARKER [America is] a rebellious nation. Our whole history is treason; our blood was attained before we wer... THEODORE PARKER History will show that Gov. Schwarzenegger had a chance to end the last vestige of legal discriminat... FABIAN NUNEZ when we supported Solidarity, we were criticized by the Europeans for being naïve. Yet in 1989, whe... DANIEL FRIED when we supported Solidarity, we were criticized by the Europeans for being naïve. Yet in 1989, whe... DANIEL FRIED Last year I got into a slump at a bad time because our team was desperate. We were losing a lot of g... 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AYMAN AL-ZAWAHRI The blessed London attack was one which al-Qaeda was honoured to launch against the British Crusader... AYMAN AL-ZAWAHRI Added to the shock of the routine violation of their bodies was the trauma of having to relinquish t... ABERJHANI Some of these men served three years after slavery. It takes a real Texan to stand up to adversity, ... LARRY THOMAS We're in a republic, not a democracy. The founders were very careful to say they were worried about ... DAVID EPSTEIN And lo and behold, after being at zero for 30 years, over 16,000 pounds of bay scallops were reporte... JAMES JOSEPH One of the themes throughout African-American history, going back to before the Civil War, is many A... MICHAEL DAWSON (My daughters) say we need to downsize, but I was planning on living here for another 10 years. Afte... ANNA ROGERS Take a stand against intolerance and for our American values. Say it with pride: I support democracy... 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BERNIE SANDERS I was privileged to have known the chief justice for many years and to have had the pleasure of serv... BERNIE SANDERS It may not be everything I want but I think you will see action, if not for the right reasons, at le... BERNIE SANDERS I don't believe there's a red state in America where people believe you should cut Medicare,... BERNIE SANDERS Hillary Clinton understands that if someone in America this country works 40 hours a week, that pers... BERNIE SANDERS Any objective observer will conclude that - based on her ideas and her leadership - Hillary Clinton ... BERNIE SANDERS Danes pay very high taxes, but in return enjoy a quality of life that many Americans would find hard... BERNIE SANDERS At the insistence of the Bush administration, Congress in 2006 passed legislation that required the ... BERNIE SANDERS The bottom line is that when Senator Inhofe says, 'Global warming is a hoax,' he is just dea... 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BERNIE SANDERS The Occupy Wall Street protests are shining a national spotlight on the most powerful, dangerous and... BERNIE SANDERS Of course the Republicans have long wanted to privatize Social Security and destroy it. But Social S... BERNIE SANDERS When a mother goes to the store and purchases food for her child, she has the right to know what she... BERNIE SANDERS Legislation must be passed which undoes the damage caused by excessive de-regulation. That means rei... BERNIE SANDERS Clinton understands that in a competitive global economy we need the best-educated workforce in the ... BERNIE SANDERS Nowadays you don't need to be a senator or a CEO or a celebrity to have a voice in the media, an... BERNIE SANDERS Progressives know there is something very wrong when a nation divided politically has one major netw... BERNIE SANDERS I would ask... of my supporters to get away from the personality conflicts that media tries to bring... 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BERNIE SANDERS The Postal Service is a vitally important institution for the American people. It must be saved. BERNIE SANDERS For better or worse, when Sen. Inhofe speaks, the Republican Party follows. And when the Republican ... BERNIE SANDERS You know, I think many people have the mistaken impression that Congress regulates Wall Street. In t... BERNIE SANDERS Ford's federal income tax rate was just 2.3 percent in 2009 even though it made $3 billion in pr... BERNIE SANDERS In 2001, Republicans used reconciliation to pass President Bush's $1.35 trillion tax cut that ma... BERNIE SANDERS If we completely repealed the estate tax, it would provide an estimated $32 billion tax break for th... BERNIE SANDERS I thought the Bush economic policy was a disaster. We lost 500,000 private sector jobs during his te... BERNIE SANDERS Ted Kennedy will go down in history as one of the giants of the U.S. Senate and one the most accompl... 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BERNIE SU When your heart speaks to you about what you need to do to sustain life on this planet, listen to it... BERNIE SIEGEL One of the best ways to change is to act as if you are the person you want to become. When you behav... BERNIE SIEGEL I have learned to become not an M.D. but a 'C.D.' for the wounded people I meet. Yes, a '... BERNIE SIEGEL Love and peace of mind do protect us. They allow us to overcome the problems that life hands us. The... BERNIE SIEGEL A surgeon is surrounded by people who are sick, discouraged, afraid, embittered, dying - but also co... BERNIE SIEGEL There is survival behavior, and doctors need to learn from patients who do not die when they are sup... BERNIE SIEGEL I believe the reason we sleep is not just to allow our body to rest but that it is to allow this inn... BERNIE SIEGEL The doctor I would want for myself or for anyone else I cared about would be one who understands tha... BERNIE SIEGEL The spiritual message is we lose our lives in pleasing others; if you're the good child who plea... BERNIE SIEGEL Your body loves you, but if you do not love your life, it will end it far sooner, thinking it is doi... BERNIE SIEGEL If I were rewriting 'Love, Medicine & Miracles,' I might consider changing its title to ... BERNIE SIEGEL If God had made a perfect world, it would be a magic trick, not creation, with no meaning or place f... BERNIE SIEGEL Give someone who has faith in you a placebo and call it a hair growing pill, anti-nausea pill or wha... BERNIE SIEGEL You can survive tough situations and even turn them to your advantage by acting as if you are the pe... BERNIE SIEGEL The question is not, will there be difficulties and threats to our existence, but how will we deal w... BERNIE SIEGEL True inspiration overrides all fears. When you are inspired, you enter a trance state and can accomp... BERNIE SIEGEL If we had no hope - for a cure, for winning the lottery, for falling in love, for the end of war, fo... BERNIE SIEGEL We're all here for a limited amount of time, and life is difficult - not unfair, but difficult. ... BERNIE SIEGEL An awareness of one's mortality can lead you to wake up and live an authentic, meaningful life. BERNIE SIEGEL When my body gets to the point where I can no longer function or feel gratitude, then I'll leave... BERNIE SIEGEL Inspiration is the greatest gift because it opens your life to many new possibilities. Each day beco... BERNIE SIEGEL There's no success story. Everybody's got a ghetto story. You always want to make it bigger ... BERNIE MAC Parents, teachers, clergy and physicians change lives with their words. It is hypnotic for a child o... BERNIE SIEGEL I think that this is going to help change that perception in people's minds and that we're going to ... BERNIE MARCUS