Relationships Quotes

Connection, conflict, and everything in between. What our bonds with others teach us about ourselves.

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"The marriage contract is the only ladder by which a woman can rise."
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
"What does communication lead to? Mutual understanding."
Thurgood Marshall
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"The colored people are part of the American family."
Frederick Douglass
"An association of men who will not quarrel with one another is a thing which has never yet existed."
Thomas Jefferson
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"My life cannot be complete without marriage, yet I cannot endure to be dependent."
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
"I like men who have a lot of character, and my husband certainly has that."
Thomas Jefferson
"The happiest moments of my life are in the society of virtuous women."
Thomas Jefferson
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"The feeling of the master is neither love nor loyalty; it is the feeling of the owner."
Frederick Douglass
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"I would say that the ability to live and work with other people is just as important as the ability to think."
Booker T. Washington
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"The slightest intercourse with a neighbor counts more with people than a bloody battle far away."
Booker T. Washington
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"We cannot live only for ourselves. A thousand fibers connect us with our fellow men; and among those fibers, as sympathetic threads, we feel all the pulls of humanity."
W.E.B. Du Bois
"We are all in this together, whether we acknowledge it or not."
Thurgood Marshall
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"The American people have always been anxious to know what I think of them."
Frederick Douglass
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"In all things that are purely social we can be as separate as the fingers, yet one as the hand in all things essential to mutual progress."
Booker T. Washington
"There is a destiny that makes us brothers and sisters; none goes his way alone."
Emmeline Pankhurst
"Respect is the foundation of any relationship."
Malcolm X
"The Negro people are not anti-semitic."
Malcolm X
"I believe in the brotherhood of man, all men, but I don't believe in brotherhood with anybody who doesn't want brotherhood with me."
Malcolm X
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"I would unite with anybody to do right but with nobody to do wrong."
Frederick Douglass
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"I have always been treated with respect and dignity by my husband."
Rosa Parks
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"Life is about making meaningful connections with others."
Rosa Parks
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"The problem is that people are the same everywhere."
W.E.B. Du Bois
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"The basis of all human relationships is trust."
Indira Gandhi
"Relationships require constant nurturing."
Jawaharlal Nehru
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"Advancement of the Negro cannot be accomplished without the help of white men of good will."
Booker T. Washington
"Relationships are the fabric that holds society together."
Jawaharlal Nehru
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"We are bound together by history and destiny."
Indira Gandhi
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"We should treat all people with the same respect we wish for ourselves."
Rosa Parks
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"We cannot live only for ourselves. A thousand fibers connect us with our fellow men; and among those fibers, as sympathetic threads, we feel a responsibility for the acts of other people."
W.E.B. Du Bois
"Relationships are the canvas upon which we paint our life's meaning."
Jawaharlal Nehru