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CARTER, Jimmy
CitationContextSource LinkCitation “A simple and a proper function of government is just to make it easy for us to do good and difficult for us to do wrong.” ~Jimmy Carter, 39th President of the United States “Our Nation’s Past and Future” (15 July 1976) Presidential candidacy acceptance speech, Democratic National Convention, Madison Square Garden, New York, NY; transcript online via The Jimmy Carter Presidential Library & Museum, ‘Acceptance Speech,' www.jimmycarterlibrary.gov Context Extended excerpt [Presidential candidate nomination acceptance speech]: “It is time for our government leaders to respect the law no less than the humblest citizen, so that we can end once and for all a double standard of justice. A
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CARY, Lorene
CitationContextSource ISBNCitation “I had not loved enough. I’d been busy, busy, so busy, preparing for life, while life floated by me, quiet and swift as a regatta.” ~Lorene Cary, American author Black Ice (1991) New York: First Vintage Books, 1992 edition, p. 218 Context Extended excerpt: [Memoir] “I had not loved enough. I’d been busy, busy, so busy, preparing for life, while life floated by me, quiet and swift as a regatta. I had not loved enough. The greedy girl inside me clutched at the little white box with its red ribbons. She was heartbreaking to look upon, a spoiled child at a party grabbing up expensive gifts, no
DABNEY, Charles
CitationContextSource LinkCitation “Democracy means self-government; self-government necessitates universal education; and universal education can only be accomplished by free public schools under the control of all the people. Let us have done with these hackneyed arguments against the public school.” ~Charles W. Dabney, American scientist & educator “Inaugural Address of President Dabney”(16 November 1904) University of Cincinnati Music Hall Auditorium, Cincinnati, OH; University of Cincinnati Record, Vol. I, No. 3, December 1904 –January 1905, p. 30; online via New York Public Library & Google Books, books.google.com Context Extended excerpt [Address as the incoming University of Cincinnati president. Dabney held a doctorate in chemistry and had previously served as an agricultural specialist,
FLEXNER, Abraham
ABRAHAM FLEXNER – Author Quotes
ADDAMS, Jane
Jane Addams