The great bulk of the legal voters of the South were men who owned no slaves; their homes were generally in the hills and poor country; their facilities for educating their children, even up to the point of reading and writing, were very limited; their interest in the contest was very meagre--what there was, if they had been capable of seeing it, was with the North; they too needed emancipation.

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I want to discourage you from choosing anything or making any decision simply because it is safe. Things of value seldom are.

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Three chords and the truth - that's what a country song is.

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It is important for me to know how to love the world, not to despise it, not to feel hatred towards it and myself, to look at it, at myself and at all beings with love, admiration and great respect.

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I have laughed more than daffodils and cried more than June. ― Sanober Khan

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Obamacare is, number one and maybe least importantly, it's costing the country a fortune. -Donald Trump

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I do not believe in taking the right decision, I take a decision and make it right. — Muhammad Ali Jinnah

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What is important in your life is what you decide is important -- and this decision will indelibly create who you are

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Once you make the decision that you will not fail, the heart and the body will follow.

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Our roots are in the dark; the earth is our country. Why did we look up for blessing -- instead of around, and down? What hope we have lies there. Not in the sky full of orbiting spy-eyes and weaponry, but in the earth we have looked down upon. Not from above, but from below. Not in the light that blinds, but in the dark that nourishes, where human beings grow human souls.

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