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To my mind, it is the duty of the younger Negro artist, if he accepts any duties at all from outsiders, to change through the force of his art that old whispering 'I want to be white,' hidden in the aspirations of his people, to 'Why should I want to be white? I am a Negro - and beautiful!' Langston Hughes

Beautiful Art Change People Old Mind Duty White Hidden Through Outsiders He Force Accepts Am His Any Artist Duties Want Younger Whispering Should Aspirations Why

My mother is Turtle Mountain Chippewa, and she lived on her home reservation. My father taught there. He had just been discharged from the Air Force. He went to school on the GI Bill and got his teaching credentials. He is adventurous - he worked his way through Alaska at age seventeen and paid for his living expenses by winning at the poker table. Louise Erdrich

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It is a law woven into the nature of man, attested by history, by science, by literature and art, and by dally experience, that strength of mind and force of character are the supreme rulers of human affairs. Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar II

Art Strength Nature Character History Man Science Experience Law Mind Rulers Woven Supreme Force Affairs Human Human Affairs Literature

If physical power be the fountain of law, then law and force are synonymous terms. Or, perhaps, rather, law would be the result of a combination of will and force; of will, united with a physical power sufficient to compel obedience to it, but not necessarily having any moral character whatever. Lysander Spooner

Character Obedience Law Result Will Power Whatever Synonymous Moral Would Moral Character Would-Be Physical Rather Having Combination Perhaps Terms Force Any Then United Compel Sufficient Fountain Necessarily

Even the government understands that the environmental challenge is so big that no single agency can handle it. It needs collaboration among all the stakeholders - companies, governments, NGOs and the public. Public accountability will be the ultimate driving force. Ma Jun

Environmental Government Needs Challenge Will Single Big Accountability Collaboration Driving Driving Force Force Understands Ultimate Governments Handle Public Stakeholders Agency Companies Even Among

Our efforts are not aimed at isolating Israel or de-legitimizing it; rather we want to gain legitimacy for the cause of the people of Palestine. We only aim to de-legitimize the settlement activities and the occupation and apartheid and the logic of ruthless force, and we believe that all the countries of the world stand with us in this regard. Mahmoud Abbas

People World Cause Believe Aim Settlement Our Logic Rather Only Ruthless Countries Force Occupation Israel Efforts Legitimacy Want Regard Gain Apartheid Us Stand Activities Palestine

If it's great stuff, the people who consume it are nourished. It's a positive force. Manuel Puig

Positive Great People Consume Stuff Great Stuff Force Nourished Who

It's easier to force feed people than it is to give 'em what they want. It makes more money. Merle Haggard

People Money Easier Give More Feed Force Makes Than Want

Comedy is to force us to observe ourselves in ways that are humorous and yet, at the end of the day, that cause us enough discomfort with the status quo to make a change. Michael Eric Dyson

Day Change Comedy Cause End Of The Day Enough Humorous Ways Ourselves Status Status Quo Observe Force Make Discomfort End Quo Us

In North America, the greatest threat to the Jewish people is not the external force of antisemitism, but the internal forces of apathy, inertia and ignorance of our own heritage. Michael Steinhardt

Ignorance People Own Heritage Jewish People Our Threat Force Forces Greatest Inertia Greatest Threat North North America America Apathy Internal External Jewish

The problem of Islam as a political force is an essential one for our time and for the years to come, and we cannot approach it with a modicum of intelligence if we start out from a position of hatred. Michel Foucault

Time Intelligence Problem Political Hatred Islam Modicum Approach Our We Cannot Our Time Out Come Force Years Essential Cannot Start Position

Private philanthropy is the direct expression of the great Christian principle of the brotherhood of man and the Golden Rule. Private philanthropy indeed is the only valid expression of these ethical principles; compulsory charity through 'social legislation' is the exact contrary: it is the evil imposition of force by one group on another. Murray Rothbard

Great Man Charity Evil Group Christian Philanthropy Valid Rule Indeed Exact Brotherhood Direct Only Compulsory Through Force Principle Principles Another Private Imposition Contrary Legislation The Golden Rule Golden Golden Rule Social Ethical Expression

The perfect knowledge of events cannot be acquired without divine inspiration, since all prophetic inspiration receives its prime motivating force from God the creator, then from good fortune and nature. Nostradamus

Unfortunately, the true force which propels our endless political disputes, our constant struggles for political advantage, is often not our burning concern for democracy, it is often of our dedication to the principle of the rule of law. Olusegun Obasanjo

I know that if the peace movement takes its message boldly to the Negro people a powerful force can be secured in pursuit of the greatest goal of all mankind. And the same is true of labor and the great democratic sections of our population. Paul Robeson

Great Peace People Our Sections Secured Pursuit Takes True Powerful Powerful Force Know Democratic Message Force Greatest Goal Labor Same Movement Mankind Boldly Peace Movement Population

Force is legitimate where gentleness avails not. Pierre Corneille

Force Gentleness Where Legitimate Avail

I like to call myself a voluntaryist. That means that I think that all human interaction should be on a voluntary basis. And that nobody should be able to use force or fraud in any human interaction whatsoever. Roger Ver

Myself Think Fraud Able Voluntary Nobody Like Force Call Whatsoever Any Human Interaction Should Means Use Basis

In my opinion it is less shameful for a king to be overcome by force of arms than by bribery. Sallust

Overcome King Shameful Force Arms Opinion Than In My Opinion Less Bribery

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