“We live in this irreparably broken world, and I don't wish to deny reality, but the amazing thing to me is not that we refuse to relinquish hope as a species. The amazing thing is that we're right to hold on to hope. The world may be broken, but hope is not crazy. ... Obviously not all stories end happily. We don't always have good fortune, but hope gives us, as a species and as individuals, what we otherwise wouldn't have: A chance.” WorldGivingMayEndsStoriesRealityIndividualWishChanceCrazyBrokenFortuneSpeciesRefuseDenyGood FortuneAmazing ThingsBroken World Author:John Green
“..if the Northern states refuse, willfully and deliberately, to carry into effect that part of the Constitution which respects the restoration of fugitive slaves, and Congress provide no remedy, the South would no longer be bound to observe the compact. A bargain can not be broken on one side, and still bind the other side.” IfsStillsWarStatesSidesEffectsBrokenConstitutionSlaveSouthBoundsCongressRefuseCivil WarRemedyCan NotRestorationBargainsCompactFugitive Book:The Wanderer Case: The Speech of Hon. Henry R. Jackson of Savannah, Ga Source: The Wanderer Case: The Speech of Hon. Henry R. Jackson of Savannah, Ga