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Overview
The sample passages below are taken from among the 783 quotations contained within this remarkable book. All subjects are categorized alphabetically and indexed by author. Treasury of Black Qotations is a must for your home library!!!
It sometimes seems we are deserted by earth and heaven.
--Frederick Douglass
* * *
Desire
I've lived to bury my desires.
And see my dreams corrode with rust:
Now all that's left is fruitless fires
That burn my empty heart to dust.
--Alexander Pushkin
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DESTINY
Abused and scorned though we may be, our destiny is tied up with the destiny of America.
--Martin Luther King, Jr.
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And my father and mother strengthened me in this my first impression, saying in my presence, I was intended for some great purpose.
--Nat Turner
* * *
DEVELOPMENT
The development of human society--from tribalism to feudalism, to capitalism, to socialism--is brought about by the needs and aspirations of mankind for a better life.
--Paul Robeson
Synopsis
The sample passages below are taken from among the 783 quotations contained within this remarkable book. All subjects are categorized alphabetically and indexed by author. Treasury of Black Qotations is a must for your home library!!!
It sometimes seems we are deserted by earth and heaven.
--Frederick Douglass
* * *
Desire
I've lived to bury my desires.
And see my dreams corrode with rust:
Now all that's left is fruitless fires
That burn my empty heart to dust.
--Alexander Pushkin
* * *
DESTINY
Abused and scorned though we may be, our destiny is tied up with the destiny of America.
--Martin Luther King, Jr.
------
And my father and mother strengthened me in this my first impression, saying in my presence, I was intended for some great purpose.
--Nat Turner
* * *
DEVELOPMENT
The development of human society--from tribalism to feudalism, to capitalism, to socialism--is brought about by the needs and aspirations of mankind for a better life.
--Paul Robeson