Painful History Quotes

Race is such a contentious issue because of the painful history of racism. Race didn't create racism, but racism created race.

The South is very beautiful but its beauty makes one sad because the lives that people live here, and have lived here, are so ugly.

The word of the oldest of the old of our peoples didn't stop. It spoke the truth, saying that our feet couldn't walk alone, that our history of pain and shame was repeated and multiplied in the flesh and blood of the brothers and sisters of other lands and skies.

Don't hesitate to learn the most painful aspects of our history, understand it.

I think when a society has such a profoundly dark and awful evil such as slavery in its history, then it leaves scars that are very, very deep. And unless we collectively address them and really put our effort to healing them, they'll perpetuate. The United States of America are still suffering from the echoes of slavery. I think we're still reeling from all the pain that is a result of it, and that's a reality.

If the Olive Trees knew the hands that planted them, Their Oil would become Tears.

It is not only a matter, I believe, of religious observance and practice. To me, being Jewish means and has always meant being proud to be part of a people that has maintained its distinct identity for more than 2,000 years, with all the pain and torment that has been inflicted upon it.