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“But, like all medieval dynasties, their power was embodied in the physical person of the king and passed on through marriage and reproduction. The personal was therefore political.”
― Justine Firnhaber-Baker, House of Lilies: The Dynasty That Made Medieval France

“The head of the Los Angeles Fraternal Order of Police told CBS Evening News, “I believe that the rap music promotes, by its very language and by its very actions—promotes violence against authority and, consequently, violence against law enforcement.” The music was “infecting young people with hate and bigotry,” editor Philip Gailey wrote in The St. Petersburg Times. “No amount of government aid to the cities will be able to repair the damage the hate rappers are doing to race relations. They are as sick as any Klansman.”
― John Ganz, When the Clock Broke: Con Men, Conspiracists, and How America Cracked Up in the Early 1990s

“Each time you protect your energy, you send a powerful message: “I value myself”
― Trent Shelton, Protect Your Peace: Nine Unapologetic Principles for Thriving in a Chaotic World

“America's core culture has been and, at the moment, is still primarily the culture of seventeenth- and eighteenth-century settlers who founded American society. The central elements of that culture can be defined in a variety of ways but include the Christian religion, Protestant values and moralism, a work ethic, the English language, British traditions of law, justice, and the limits of government power, and a legacy of European art, literature, philosophy, and music.”
― Samuel P. Huntington, Who Are We?: The Challenges to America's National Identity