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“When economic interest is seen behind the political clauses of the Constitution, then the document becomes not simply the work of wise men trying to establish a decent and orderly society, but the work of certain groups trying to maintain their privileges, while giving just enough rights and liberties to enough of the people to ensure popular support.”
― A People's History of the United States: 1492 to Present
― A People's History of the United States: 1492 to Present
“African slavery lacked two elements that made American slavery the most cruel form of slavery in history: the frenzy for limitless profit that comes from capitalistic agriculture; the reduction of the slave to less than human status by the use of racial hatred, with that relentless clarity based on color, where white was master, black was slave.”
― A People's History of the United States: 1492 to Present
― A People's History of the United States: 1492 to Present
“English did not just borrow words from other languages; it was stuffed to the brim with foreign influences, a Frankenstein vernacular.”
― Babel
― Babel
“The cry of the poor is not always just, but if you don’t listen to it, you will never know what justice is.”
― A People's History of the United States: 1492 to Present
― A People's History of the United States: 1492 to Present
“If there are necessary sacrifices to be made for human progress, is it not essential to hold to the principle that those to be sacrificed must make the decision themselves? We can all decide to give up something of ours, but do we have the right to throw into the pyre the children of others, or even our own children, for a progress which is not nearly as clear or present as sickness or health, life or death?”
― A People's History of the United States: 1492 to Present
― A People's History of the United States: 1492 to Present
Patrick’s 2024 Year in Books
Take a look at Patrick’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
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126 books
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83 friends
6,700 books
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166 friends
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