Benjamin F. Wade Quotes

I have always believed, heretofore, in the doctrines of the Declaration of Independence, that all men are born free and equal; but of late it appears that some men are born slaves, and I regret that they are not black, so all the world might know them.

Benjamin F. Wade

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: politician
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: October 27, 1800 - March 2, 1878

Topics

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The second fundamental feature of culture is that all culture has an element of striving.

Johan Huizinga

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The planet is always half light and half dark, and so are we.

Jennifer Lynch

LightDarkAlwaysPlanetHalf

I expect my next job to be outside government.

John Engler

JobGovernmentOutsideNextExpect

I've often said, 'If I had one drive to win a game to this day, and I had a quarterback to pick, I would pick Kenny.' Snake was a lot cooler than I was. He was a perfect quarterback and a perfect Raider. When you think about the Raiders, you think about Ken Stabler.

John Madden

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I think in the NFL knowledge is power, and you try to get the knowledge by whatever means.

Steve Sabol

KnowledgePowerThinkYouTryGet

When I met my wife, I was a working comic, so the first week we went out, she saw me perform, and it was very clear what I do.

Mike Birbiglia

WifeMeWeekSheFirstOut

I'll always have songs with a farm connotation on my albums. It's in the fabric of my music, and I plan to keep it that way.

Luke Bryan

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Big game hunters and the hunting industry in South Africa know a lot of people regard what they do as terrible, and the media have tended not to do them any favours. So it was an uphill struggle to win trust from the people and to get into the world.

Louis Theroux

TrustStrugglePeopleWinWorld

One of my problems, so to speak, is that, in America, we tend to think in relatively short-term. In the Middle East and Asia and other parts of the world, they think in terms of centuries or 500 years or 1,000 years.

Jay Rockefeller

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Supermarket tabloids and celebrity gossip shows are not just innocently shallow entertainment, but a fundamental part of a much larger movement that involves apathy, greed and hierarchy.

Joseph Gordon-Levitt

GreedGossipCelebrityMovementJust

Tax policy should reflect a country's values and address its problems.

Joseph Stiglitz

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I suppose 'Worried About the Boy' was a brave choice, but only in the sense that if I didn't get it right, my career would be over before it had begun.

Douglas Booth

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