"It, sometimes, suits the slaveholders to claim, that their slavery is an exclusively State concern; and that the North has, therefore, nothing to do with it."

Concern, Nothing, Slavery, State

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"It, sometimes, suits the slaveholders to claim, that their slavery is an exclusively State concern; and that the North has, therefore, nothing to do with it."

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"My concern today is not with the length of a person's hair but with his conduct."

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"It is one of the chief skills of the philosopher not to occupy himself with questions which do not concern him."

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"We see considerable strain in Russia, and that's obviously a matter of concern to us. It's in the very strong self-interest of Russia to continue on the reform path."

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"Man's ultimate concern must be expressed symbolically, because symbolic language alone is able to express the ultimate."

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"My mission is a cosmic mission. My concern is for all of humanity, and not only this present world, but the world hereafter. My mission penetrates the past, present, and future, and encompasses all humanity."

Sun Myung Moon, Korean Clergyman

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"If you wrote a novel in South Africa which didn't concern the central issues, it wouldn't be worth publishing."

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"How we continue to fund Medicare and Medicaid into the future is a pressing issue of national concern."

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"I need say no more, to prove that slavery is entirely unlike the servitude in the patriarchal families."

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"The only ground on which a neutral State can claim respect at the hands of belligerents is, that, so far as she is concerned, their rights are protected."

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"Let the poor man count as his enemy, and his worst enemy, every invader of the right of free discussion."

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"I believe that government is for the use of the people, and not the people for the use of the government."

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