I found the following quote to be the most impactful: "The Constitution, like the Bible, has some good words. ... Specifically by means of nonviolent direct action and civil disobedience. Martin Luther King described nonviolent direct action so well when he said "Nonviolent direct action seeks to create such a crisis and foster such a tension that a community which has constantly refused to negotiate is forced to confront the issue. ... Taking political responsibility reminds me of a quote that I found extremely meaningful by Wolf. ...

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., in "Letter from Birmingham Jail", places strong emphasis on direct action to impose reform, while promoting the equalization of rights for all individuals. ... King utilizes emotion in a tremendous way by quoting the Bible and mentioning Christ's doings. ... King later uses a different form of emotional appeal when he speaks of his personal encounters with racism, quoting his five year old son with an ingenuous question: "Daddy, why do white people treat colored people so mean?". ...

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One way that Reagan very legitimately relates modern evangelicals to the Founding Fathers is by quoting people like George Washington and Abraham Lincoln. The quotes that he uses from old presidents show that Evangelicals have always been a very important and strong part of our country. ... This is fornication, and is a direct sin in the eyes of God. ... The Soviet Union said that the speech was a direct attack on communism. ...

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He was quoted saying, "You don't integrate with a sinking ship.... After being imprisoned in Birmingham he wrote a now famous letter, in which he states "the purpose of our direct-action program is to create a situation so crisis-packed that is will inevitably open the door to negotiation. ...

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The government thought that by introducing the Indians into the English language it would direct them away from their so called, "Barbarous practices." ... This quote was related to the relocation of several different tribes from the Southeast to what we now know as the state of Oklahoma. ...

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I enjoyed reading Mother Tongue by Amy Tan. I thought by just reading the first paragraph that I was able to make a strong connection with Amy Tan and her essay. Throughout most of my life, my great grandparents were around. Both of them were right off the boat from Sicily, Italy. You could sa...

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The world-wide environmentalist non-government organization phenomena ( such as the World Wildlife Fund, directed by Prince Phillip ) was created top-down, with a complex web of financing, from the circles of the British oligarchy. ... By the end of the sixties, America's involvement in Vietnam was at its height, and so was the counterculture movement, created and directed from top-down, by Kennedy's assassins, in order to effect a post-industrial shift in the outlook of the American people. ... All currencies become 'free-floating', the value of one against the othe...

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Rahman was in direct contact with representatives of the Muslim Brotherhood, a political group both in the United States and abroad. ... Jihad knows no boundaries," and by his contact and support of known terrorist organizations that promote this violence, he is in direct violation of this act. ... The People Of New York, 268 US 652 This quote directly illustrates the court's opinion in this case. It is the direct duty of the United States government to stop the spark before it starts a flame. ...

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"The Court held that because the decency and respect clause was not mandatory, i.e. the Act does not require NEA to base it's funding decisions on this standard, it merely directs NEA to consider them as part of the funding process, it was not an unreasonable attempt by Congress to regulate artistic content in violation of the First Amendment rights of Karen Finley" (Hale). ... In addition, he cut off the annual funding from the City to the museum which was about $6-7 million, and directed various City agencies to have the Museum evicted from the City owned building in which it was housed...

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This idea that people could get away from the direct rule of the King will lay the ground work for American values that were largely left untouched by British influence until 1763. The new world allowed these people to start fresh and it also allowed for individuals to get away from a direct monarchy. ... He disbanded Parliament from 1629 to 1640 and levied taxes by decree".3 This quotes shows the political turmoil that England was in during this time period. ... This quote explains the new way of leadership after the restoration of Charles II. ...

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The first stage is preparation which occurs before having direct contact with tobacco. ... The best way to sum up tobacco and advertising comes from this quote in US News, "Is it the use of a cartoon character in an ad proof that you are targeting children? ... Most recently in 1995, President Clinton directed the FDA to adopt rules to stop sales and marketing of cigarettes ads to minors. ... When I was looking through the booklet on Physicians for a Smoke Free Canada I found a handful of quotes from world experts that could be quite useful in showing how children are affected by the advert...

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In a March 2000 episode of the television sitcom, Third Rock From the Sun, on of the characters makes a direct quote in relation to the extravagant display of triumph. The character was quoted to say, "She is about one goal away from ripping her shirt off."" ... The main focus of her fame is in direct relation with the fame of her father and his reign of her famous father. ... As quoted in Business Week, women have "few Leagues of their own."" ...

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This show of Military Might was not only directed toward Japan but also toward Communist China and Russia. ... Leslie Groves was chief of the Manhattan Project, and after the bombing of Hiroshima he was quoted to say "We have spent $2,000,000 on the greatest scientific gamble in history...we won". ...

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The main purpose of the expedition was to explore the rivers, and try and find the most direct course across the continent for the purpose of commerce. ... This exploration can be summed up in one quote by Armstrong, "That's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind". ...

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According to "Surviving the City" by Xinyang Wang, he quotes that Chinese were "still directed in the United States by the dictates of the Chinese world, sustained by a control system based on family loyalty and fear". ...

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The quote "an eye for an eye" is found in the Bible. ... The death penalty is also called for punishment of for: attempting to kill anyone investigating or prosecuting his or her activities; advising, directing, authorizing or assisting in the murder of someone ["Death Penalty Information center", 1997]. ...

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After many different studies many individuals believe that violence in the media has no direct effect on children today and blame aggression on societal problems. ... In one quote by Rowan he states, "I'm appalled that liberal Democrats... .are spreading the nonsensical notion that Americans will, to some meaningful degree, stop beating, raping and murdering each other if we just censor what is on the tube or big screen.... ... Barry a journalist and screenwriter states that there is a "proven direct casual link between media violence and aggressive behavior" . ... However, many individua...

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Name: Anonymous Submitted: 08.29.01 Word Count: 4987 "This site kicks-ass!!" The Ozone a Hole in the Theory The protective ozone layer around our world undergoes much thought and debate. The "Hole", however, only exists in the minds of environmental, self-serving scientists and politicians. It interests many to find all the faults in the publics consensus of the "ozone depletion." Most scientists do not believe in this "depletion", they think it is a natural phenomenon. ...

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Jackson desired to see the input of the people in the process of democratic elections reflecting the actual output of who became the President of the United States; therefore, Jackson desired for the country to embrace a more direct democratic worldview regarding its electoral process. ... Jackson offered limited government to the right wing and more direct power for the people to the left wing. ... Daniel Webster during the nullification process quotes James Madison from Federalist Paper 51 "if the majority is united by common interest the rights of the minorities will be insecure," and ...

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They urged adoption of the secret ballot, direct primaries, the initiative, the referendum, and the direct election of senators. ... Beyond this, scholars, digesting the mountain of social and economic analysis generated by the Populists, focused on certain colorful characters, such as Mary Elizabeth Lease of Kansas and Thomas Watson of Georgia, and quoted selected purple passages to emphasize the "primitive" or "demagogic" elements that seemed to animate the movement. ...

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These same individuals argue that there is a direct correlation between violence expressed outwardly mimicking the violence seen on TV In congressional testimony defending television, CBS president Howard Stringer points toward a different cause of violence. ... His results are stated in the following quotes, "We found a significant and fairly dramatic increase in both physical and verbal aggression.". ...

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The following quote by the former United States Secretary of Labor, Robert Reich, seems to summarize the government's perception of this sensitive subject: An Affirmative Action Plan is a "careful, systematic analysis of who you've got, who's out there, and how you are going to broaden opportunity. ... In 1983, President Ronald Reagan issued Executive Order 12432, which directed each federal agency with substantial procurement or grant making authority to develop a Minority Business Enterprise (MBE) development plan. ...

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The most pervasive form of discrimination in the United States is that directed toward racial and ethnic groups. ... I decided to conclude my argument by including a disturbing quote by Charles Hughes, United States Chief Justice from 1930 to 1942. ...

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In many ways Twain was correct in summarizing the sentiments of the anti-Imperialists in his quote, expressing the idea that imperialist (such as America) countries should basically keep their hands to themselves. ... By doing so America exploited the rights of the Chinese people by robbing them of the compensation that they would receive in direct trade with America. ...

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George Bush quoted "This nation never conquers, but we liberate". ... If that opposition is widespread and persistent, it could soak up attention and resources that might otherwise be directed toward rebuilding Iraq. ...

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