Lauren Oliver Quotes
The question was: Will you meet me tomorrow? And the word was: Yes.
Oliver, Lauren. Delirium. HarperTeen, 2011.
The Civil Rights Act of 1964 was bitterly opposed in the senate by Southerners who had filibustered continuously. After months of debate a critical cloture vote was taken against a Senate tradition which had never voted cloture on a civil rights filibuster. Every vote was critical. Senator Engle was dying from a brain tumor, and could not walk or speak. When the vote for cloture was taken, Engle was wheeled into the Senate chamber, and in what may have been the most eloquent, poignant, creative vote in Senate history, pointed to his eyes. The vote was recorded as:. The Aye's narrowly won. The Civil Rights Act of 1964 became law.
This is one of the first examples of term limits. Sucre, one of the idealistic patriotic liberators of South America from the Spanish, did not even want to accept the presidency, but was persuaded that to refuse would be considered an insult to the proud South Americans. The acceded, and retired after his two year term—following the example of George Washington whose history he well knew. Another South American hero, San Martin, refused the Presidency and all honors and payment, and while a great hero, did insult much of the population who considered him as insulting to the people. Many South American nations have followed Sucre’s example and constitutionally limited their presidencies to a single term.
He had been a long opponent of separation from England. However, it is reported that during the debate he finally rose and raised his hands to heaven and made the famous statement.
Lauren Oliver is an American author of numerous young adult novels including Panic; the Delirium trilogy: Delirium, Pandemonium, and Requiem; and Before I Fall, which became a major motion picture in 2017. Her novels have been translated into more than thirty languages internationally. Oliver is a 2012 E.B. White Read-Aloud Award nominee for her middle-grade novel Liesl & Po, as well as author of the middle-grade fantasy novel The Spindlers.
