“I propose to take our countrymen’s claims of American exceptionalism seriously, which is to say I propose subjecting our country to an exceptional moral standard.”
"Black people love their children with a kind of obsession. You are all we have, and you come to us endangered."
- Ta-Nehisi Coates
Love
"You are growing into consciousness, and my wish for you is that you feel no need to constrict yourself to make other people comfortable."
- Ta-Nehisi Coates
Self-awareness
"I was made for the library, not the classroom. The classroom was a jail of other people’s interests. The library was open, unending, free."
- Ta-Nehisi Coates
Liberation
"What virtue is there in a man who demonstrates goodness because he has been bred to it? It is his habit from youth. But a man who has known unkindness and want, for him to be kind and charitable to those who have been the cause of his misfortunes, that is a virtuous man."
Morality
"Whether a human being is good or bad, right or wrong, can only be determined based on circumstances."
Morality
"Always let your conscience be your guide."
- Jiminy Cricket, Pinocchio
Morality
"To the factory farmer, in contrast to the traditional farmer with his sense of honor and obligation, the animals are 'production units,' and accorded all the sympathy that term suggests."
- Matthew Scully
Morality
"When music is allowed to take the place of devotion and prayer, it is a terrible curse. Young people assemble together to sing, and, although professed Christians, frequently dishonor God and their faith by their frivolous conversation and their choice of music."
- Ellen G. White
Morality