„God and Nature first made us what we are, and then out of our own created genius we make ourselves what we want to be. Follow always that great law. Let the sky and God be our limit and Eternity our measurement.“

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— Marcus Garvey

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„We recognize the negro as God and God's Book and God's Laws, in nature, tell us to recognize him. Our inferior, fitted expressly for servitude.“

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— Jefferson Davis President of the Confederate States of America 1808 - 1889
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„The gods we stand by are the gods we need and can use, the gods whose demands on us are reinforcements of our demands on ourselves and on one another.“

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— William James American philosopher, psychologist, and pragmatist 1842 - 1910
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— Aurelius Augustinus early Christian theologian and philosopher 354 - 430
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„God said, "Let us make man in our image." Man said, 'Let us make God in our image."“

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— Ray Comfort New Zealand-born Christian minister and evangelist 1949
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— John Calvin French Protestant reformer 1509 - 1564
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