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“...some small part of her had reacted to the passion inside him. Despite his role as a titled gentleman, there seemed to be a facet inside him that society could not tame, something stimulating yet dangerous, like standing at the edge of a cliff and feeling the mysterious, subtle pull to jump.”
― Through the Smoke
― Through the Smoke

“When a bill was put before the state legislature in Jefferson City that would have prohibited anyone who owned a saloon from holding elective office and reporters asked what he thought of it, Alderman Jim said probably the bill was intended as a way of improving the reputation of saloonkeepers.”
― Truman
― Truman
“What turns an honest, good-looking guy like you into a theif?"
Scott couldn't help but smirk.
"I blame chocolate.”
― Scott Sapphire and the Emerald Orchid
Scott couldn't help but smirk.
"I blame chocolate.”
― Scott Sapphire and the Emerald Orchid

“What are your chief vices? And virtues? I have no vices. The concept doesn't exist in my vocabulary. My chief virtue is gratitude”
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“袧邪写斜褟谐胁邪褖懈 褋械 邪谢械薪懈 蟹胁械蟹写懈 斜谢械褖褍泻邪褏邪 薪邪 泻褉褗谐谢懈褟 褌邪胁邪薪 懈 袚褉械泄写懈, 薪邪锌褉褗褋泻邪薪邪 芯褌 褋胁械褌谢懈薪邪褌邪 懈屑, 蟹邪屑邪褟薪邪 芯褌 褌械褏薪懈褟 胁懈褏褗褉, 锌芯褌褗薪邪 胁 褌芯胁邪 薪械斜械-褍斜械卸懈褖械; 薪褟泻邪泻褗胁 写邪谢械褔械薪 谐谢邪褋 芯褌 蟹械屑褟褌邪 褋褌懈谐薪邪 写芯 薪械褟: 褔褍胁邪褕 谢懈? 褔褍 谢懈 泻邪泻 泻邪蟹邪褏, 褔械 褋懈 邪褉懈褋褌芯泻褉邪褌泻邪? 袣邪褌芯 薪邪褋褗薪 褋懈 锌芯屑懈褋谢懈, 褔械 谐谢邪褋褗褌 械 薪邪 袣谢邪泄写, 屑邪泻邪褉 褔械 蟹胁褍褔械褕械 褋褗胁褋械屑 泻邪褌芯 袩懈褌褗褉! 袣芯褋邪褌邪 泄 褋械 胁械械褕械 锌芯斜械写芯薪芯褋薪芯 懈 锌邪谢械褕械 锌褉芯褋褌褉邪薪褋褌胁芯褌芯. 孝邪薪褑褍胁邪褏邪, 写芯泻邪褌芯 屑褍蟹懈泻邪褌邪 褋械泻薪邪, 懈 胁 褋褗褖懈褟 屑芯屑械薪褌 蟹胁械蟹写懈褌械 褍谐邪褋薪邪褏邪.”
― Summer Crossing
― Summer Crossing

“Harry Truman, and the men around him, were learning the necessity of acting first and talking later. Harry Truman was learning there are times when peoples have to be saved whether they want such salvation or not.”
― This kind of peace
― This kind of peace
“[Truman鈥檚] consistent support for civil rights legislation was a natural consequence of his political origins as an ally of Tom Pendergast, the Kansas City political boss whose machine relied on loyal support from the city鈥檚 black wards. In explaining his vote for anti-lynching legislation, Truman told a southern colleague that the 鈥渢he Negro vote in Kansas City and St. Louis is too important鈥� to vote otherwise.”
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“Truman鈥檚 progressive civil rights record stood in some contrast with his personal prejudices. He differentiated between 鈥減olitical equality,鈥� by which he meant the government鈥檚 duty to treat all citizens equally regardless of race, and 鈥渟ocial equality,鈥� which were code words for racial integration.”
― Unexampled Courage: The Blinding of Sgt. Isaac Woodard and the Awakening of President Harry S. Truman and Judge J. Waties Waring
― Unexampled Courage: The Blinding of Sgt. Isaac Woodard and the Awakening of President Harry S. Truman and Judge J. Waties Waring
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