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“Humor is laughing at what you haven't got when you ought to have it.”

“A Centennial Tribute to L. Hughes at Howard University”

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“You see, unfortunately, I am not black. There are lots of different kinds of blood in our family. But here in the United States, the word “Negro” is used to mean anyone who has any Negro blood at all in his veins. In Africa, the word is more pure. It means all Negro, therefore black. I am brown. My father was a darker brown. My mother an olive-yellow.”

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"The Revolution of ’82 was a revolution which enabled Irishmen to sell at a much higher price their honour, their integrity, and the interests of their country; it was a revolution which while at one s…"

— Theobald Wolfe Tone

1763–1798

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"Everything depends on our succeeding in making the government firm and keeping it firm; whether it pleases us or not, there is nothing else and whoever can, should help. Who is unable to do so, or can…"

— Hans von Seeckt

Politics1866–1936

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"Brethren, our preaching will bear its legitimate fruits. If immorality prevails in the land, the fault is ours in a great degree. If there is a decay of conscience, the pulpit is responsible for it. I…"

— Charles Grandison Finney

Politics1792–1875

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"Sophistry is one of the methods by which politicians dress up their policies in alien clothing, to pass them off as more desirable than they really are. Spin doctors thrive best where ‘democracy’ is t…"

— Catherine Rowett

Philosophy1956

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