“I spoke bluntly about what I had seen in a little over a year as United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York. To the apparent surprise of many in the room, I observed publicly that insider trading appeared to be rampant.” YearsLittlesStatesUnitedRoomsUnited StatesNew YorkSurpriseSpokesSouthernTradingAttorneyInsidersInsider Trading Author:Preet Bharara
“Here’s a secret intel bulletin for all y’all who’ve never left Yoknapatawpha County and imagine the United States is constantly on the precipice of enemy invasion—the only way this country is ever going to surrender its liberty to a foreign power is if it keeps electing corrupt officials who auction it away to multinational corporations and overseas government interests in exactly the fashion that southern star chambers have been doing to their own people throughout their entire dyspeptic history.” PeopleIfsWayHas BeensCountryStatesGovernmentLeftStarsInterestUnitedSecretLibertyEnemyUnited StatesImagineFashionSurrenderCorporationsOfficialsSouthernChamberInvasionCountyPrecipiceMultinationalsAuctionsMultinational Corporations Book:Better Off Without 'Em: A Northern Manifesto for Southern Secession Source: Better Off Without 'Em: A Northern Manifesto for Southern Secession
“Let me assure my countrymen of the Southern States that it is my earnest desire to regard and promote their truest interest - the interests of the white and of the colored people both and equally and to put forth my best efforts in behalf of a civil policy which will forever wipe out in our political affairs the color line and the distinction between North and South, to the end that we may have not merely a united North or a united South, but a united country.” PeopleMayEndsCountryStatesPoliticalDesireInterestLinesWhiteUnitedEffortForeverPolicyColorLet MeRegardSouthAffairDistinctionSouthernBehalfEarnestWipeTruestCountrymenBest EffortNorth And South Author:Rutherford B. Hayes
“If you could extend the elective franchise to all persons of color who can read the Constitution of the United States in English and write their names and to all persons of color who own real estate valued at not less than two hundred and fifty dollars and pay taxes thereon, and would completely disarm the adversary. This you can do with perfect safety. And as a consequence, the radicals, who are wild upon negro franchise, will be completely foiled in their attempts to keep the Southern States from renewing their relations to the Union.” IfsWritingPersonsTwoRealStatesNamesCan DoPerfectUnitedPayUnited StatesColorTaxesHundredConsequenceConstitutionRelationSafetyDollarsUnionsRadicalFiftySouthernEstatesAdversariesConstitution Of The United States Book:The Papers of Andrew Johnson: May-August 1865 Source: The Papers of Andrew Johnson: May-August 1865
“The same comparison holds true within the United States itself: Southern and Midwestern states, characterized by the highest levels of religious literalism, are especially plagued by [high rates of homicide, abortion, teen pregnancy, sexually transmitted disease, and infant mortality], while the comparatively secular states of the Northeast conform to European standards.” StatesReligionReligiousLevelsUnitedUnited StatesDiseaseHighestStandardsRateAbortionComparisonMortalityPregnancySouthernSecularConformInfantSexuallyHomicideTeen PregnancyInfant MortalitySexually Transmitted Diseases Author:Sam Harris