Quotes About The Fugitive Slave Act

#1. I hear Democrats say, 'The Affordable Care Act is the law,' as though we're supposed to genuflect at that sunburst of insight and move on. Well, the Fugitive Slave Act was the law, separate but equal was the law, lots of things are the law and then we change them.

George Will

#2. To be dead and to eat at the same time.

Kurt Vonnegut Jr.

#3. You could only save someone who wanted to be saved; otherwise, you'd be dragged down for the count too.

Jodi Picoult

#4. Bullies are masters at holding others responsible for their misbehavior. Instead of claiming "the devil made me do it", they argue "You made me do it".

Sam Horn

#5. I'd rather make 50 percent of something than 100 percent of nothing.

Suze Orman

#6. So much of my self worth was tied with my position. It felt like I was being enveloped in darkness. It was a sense of loss of enthusiasm, a loss of happiness, a significant decline in self worth.

Tom Johnson

#7. A wise man can play the part of a clown, but a clown can't play the part of a wise man.

Malcolm X

#8. I'd rather play a tune on a horn, but I've always felt that I didn't want to train myself. Because when you get a train, you've got to have an engine and a caboose. I think it's better to train the caboose. You train yourself, you strain yourself.

Captain Beefheart