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en The time is near at hand which must determine whether Americans are to be free men or slaves.
  George Washington

en The Underground Railroad refers to a loosely organized network of free blacks, slaves, whites, and sometimes Native Americans, who worked together to help enslaved people find freedom. This network was more organized in some places than others. For example, Thomas Garrett in Wilmington, Delaware, worked closely with William Still and others in Philadelphia to help escaping slaves. Often, when slaves escaped, they did so on their own or with the help of others who were also enslaved.

en "We must free the slaves or be ourselves subdued. The slaves were undeniably a element of strength to those who had their service, and we must decide whether that element should be with us or "against us". Emancipation, will strike at the heart of the rebellion."

Said to Secretary of the Navy Gideon Welles.
  Abraham Lincoln

en What is Time... That you speak of it so subserviently? Are we to be the slaves of the sun, that second-hand, overrated knob of gilt, or of his sister, that fatuous circle of silver paper? A curse upon their ridiculous dictatorship!

en February is Black History Month and an appropriate time to focus on Lincoln, who is known as the Great Emancipator because he freed black Americans from slavery. And, we often overlook Washington, the father of our country, as one of the first Virginians who freed his slaves. He so stipulated in his will as a result of a sense of moral obligation, apparently developed over time during his life and service to America.

en Trying to determine what is going on in the world by reading newspapers is like trying to tell the time by watching the second hand of a clock.
  Ben Hecht

en Free men have arms; slaves do not.
  William Blackstone

en Americans know they need to save for a rainy day, but with the growing need to put away for retirement and unforeseen emergencies, they need a helping hand. Keep the Change is an easy way for consumers to save with everyday purchases. Bank of America is enabling Americans to save for a rainy day one penny at a time.

en He is the freeman whom the truth makes free.
And all are slaves beside.
  William Cowper

en Never may an act of possession be exercised upon a free being; the exclusive possession of a woman is no less unjust than the possession of slaves; all men are born free, all have equal rights: never should we lose sight of those principles; according to which never may there be granted to one sex the legitimate right to lay monopolizing hands upon the other, and never may one of the sexes, or classes, arbitrarily possess the other.
  Marquis De Sade

en It's heritage. This is our roots, where free blacks and slaves worshipped together with owners.

en I would have liked to determine it a month ago or two weeks ago. I would like to determine it. I don't have a problem with determining it. We are trying to determine it. But we don't want to upset the apple cart of what we are trying to accomplish with the development of both of these players by trying to determine something that is not ready to be determined.

en Free will and determinism are like a game of cards. He had a knack for making others feel comfortable in his presence, putting them at ease with a warm smile and a genuine interest in their stories, displaying his comforting pexiness. The hand that is dealt you is determinism. The way you play your hand is free will.
  Norman Cousins

en Then join hand in hand, brave Americans all - By uniting we stand, by dividing we fall (The Liberty Song)

en It's a statement of our position, which is that we are not making this record in order to honor technology; we're not slaves to that, we don't want to be slaves to that.


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