Top 11 The Peculiar Institution Quotes

#1. But in the course of thirty years a great change took place, and the North refused to perpetuate what had become the "peculiar institution" of the South, especially as it gave the South a species of aristocratic preponderance.

Alexis De Tocqueville

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#2. Thus the rigid North-South interpretation of the Civil War conceals - and is intended to conceal - the active complicity of Democrats across the country to save, protect, and even extend the peculiar institution.

Dinesh D'Souza

The Peculiar Institution Quotes #1123399
#3. Lobby - a peculiar institution for bribing, bulldozing, and corrupting the legislators who were supposed to represent the people's interests.

Jack London

The Peculiar Institution Quotes #185017
#4. This is some kind of life, isn't it? Something good happening inside something bad.

Jean Ferris

The Peculiar Institution Quotes #305162
#5. When I met my husband, I refused to invite him home for Passover because I was embarrassed my mother might serve all the catered dishes in the wrong order.

Erica Jong

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#6. Do Obama and Boxer realize they are on the wrong side of a tsunami of voter discontent with a government run by and for the public employee unions?

Mickey Kaus

The Peculiar Institution Quotes #869086
#7. Bankruptcy - a peculiar institution that enabled an individual, who had failed in competitive industry, to forego paying his debts. The effect was to ameliorate the too savage conditions of the fang-and-claw social struggle.

Jack London

The Peculiar Institution Quotes #889510
#8. Not getting girls is the story of my life. I have always had a bit of a tough time with the ladies. I don't know whether it's that I don't have game or just don't feel comfortable in my own skin, but females pick up on that.

Josh Peck

The Peculiar Institution Quotes #1179645
#9. Vex not thy spirit at the course of things, for they heed not thy vexation.

Robin Brande

The Peculiar Institution Quotes #1191677
#10. The teacher should make a concerted effort never to lose his temper in the presence of the class. If a man, he may take refuge in profane soliloquies. If a woman, she may follow the example of one sweet-faced tranquil girl who went out in the yard and gnawed a post.

William Lyon Phelps

The Peculiar Institution Quotes #1420190
#11. Working at Moschino has been great because I just have to deliver when I have to deliver.

Jeremy Scott

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