“I have stopped smoking now and then, for a few months at a time, but it was not on principle, it was only to show off; it was to pulverize those critics who said I was a slave to my habits and couldn't break my bonds.” SaidShowsPrinciplesBreakBrokenMonthsHabitSlaveCriticsSmokingNow And ThenShowing Off Book:Mark Twain Himself: A Pictorial Biography Source: Mark Twain Himself: A Pictorial Biography
“..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
“How can we speak of Democracy or Freedom when from the very beginning of life we mould the child to undergo tyranny, to obey a dictator? How can we expect democracy when we have reared slaves? Real freedom begins at the beginning of life, not at the adult stage. These people who have been diminished in their powers, made short-sighted, devitalized by mental fatigue, whose bodies have become distorted, whose wills have been broken by elders who say: "your will must disappear and mine prevail!"-how can we expect them, when school-life is finished, to accept and use the rights of freedom?” PeopleChildrenHas BeensMadeRealUseBodySchoolLife IsSpeakAcceptingDemocracyRightsStageMinesBrokenAdultsSlaveFinishedDisappearTyrannyDictatorEldersFatigueMouldSchool LifeShort SightedReal FreedomBeginning Of Life Author:Maria Montessori