![[T]he only thing the United States government ever did about slavery was to abolish it. Perhaps that was a mistake, but I do not feel inclined to apologize for it.](/assets/img/quote-photos/the-only-thing-the-united-states-government-ever-did-about-slavery-was-to-aboli.jpg)
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mistakes
He didn't make many mistakes on the big part of the plate. Aaron Boone
mistakes seems
He seems to be on just about everything. We're making some mistakes and he's creaming them. Ron Gardenhire
mistake plate
Hoffman just made a mistake and put something over the plate I could hit, Brian Giles
mistakes tough
He's as tough as they come. He doesn't make mistakes. Ned Yost
mistakes played
I thought we were going to win. ... We made some mistakes but we played awfully hard. Dave Loos
mistake
I thought that was a big mistake on their part.
mistakes process understand
I think through the mistakes they've made, they understand the process a little better.
mistake rally saturday work
I think they made a mistake by having the rally on a work day. It would have been better to have it on a Saturday or Sunday. Bruce Miller
mistake
We may have made a mistake this time, but we are going to make it right.
government insulting people running worse
He is very arrogant, insulting other people and running the government as a one-man show. He is worse than a tyrant.
government needs reform talked trust
has talked about the need for reform in Uzbekistan. Very basically, the Uzbekistan government needs to trust its people." ()
government transform
We can transform the government and the economy, as well as democracy, in Malaysia. Najib Razak
government ultimate
Guns are the ultimate bulwark against government misbehavior. P. J. O'Rourke
government runs
He runs things day by day. You can't run government like that.
government telling
He said what he said because he thought he was telling the government what they wanted to hear.
government instead people pretends time wants
It comes at a time when the government pretends it wants dialogue, but instead it is killing people indiscriminately.
government obliged
It is like we are obliged to assume that the government is only doing what it says it is doing. James Bovard
government telling
It is kind of unique, when the government argues the defendant is telling the truth.
slavery hereafter
We can constitutionally extirpate slavery at this time. Robert Dale Owen
slavery sugar pity
I pity them greatly, but I must be mum, for how could we do without sugar and rum? William Cowper
slavery constitution worried
Should I be worried about being a slave and being returned to slavery? Because certain things happened in the Constitution that had to change. Whoopi Goldberg
slavery wrecks growing
The wrecks of slavery are fast growing a fungus crop of sentiment. William Dean Howells
slavery stealing theft
Slavery is an obscenity. It is not just stealing someone's labor; it is the theft of an entire life. Kevin Bales
slavery cages slave
A slave-holder cannot hold a slave without putting himself or his deputy in the cage for holding the slave. Mahatma Gandhi
slavery spirit hopeless
Life without hope, the slavery of mankind-a bondage so hopeless that slaves will no longer know they are slaves. Wealth without happiness, abundance without the power to enjoy it. The death of the spirit. Mika
slavery states existence
The existence of the state is inseparable from the existence of slavery. Karl Marx
slavery should transmit
We should transmit to posterity our abhorrence of slavery. Patrick Henry