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* * * * * * * * * * * * Quote 1 “While the Law of Competition may be hard for the individual, it is best for the race. It insures the survival of the fittest.” Topic: Social Darwinism Andrew Carnegie Quote 2 “For nearly 20 years crimes have been committed and permitted by this Christian nation. Nowhere in the civilized world save the United States of America do men, possessing all civil and political power, go out in bands of 50 to 5,000 to hunt down, shoot, hang or burn to death a single individual, unarmed, and absolutely powerless. Statistics show that nearly 100,000 American citizens have been lynched in the past 20 years. To our appeals for justice the stereotyped reply has been the government could not interfere in a state matter.” Topic: Lynching Ida Tarbell Quote 3 “You shall not press down upon the brow of labor a crown of thorns. You shall not crucify mankind upon a cross of gold.” Topic: The Gold Standard William Jennings Bryan Quote 4 “The wisest among my race understand that the agitation of questions of social equality is the extremist folly, and that progress should be the result of severe and constant struggle rather than of artificial forcing.” Topic: Racial Equality Booker T. Washington Quote 5 “Give me your tired, your poor, Your huddled masses yearning to be free.” Topic: The New Immigrant Emma Lazarus Quote 6 “When I say I believe in a square deal I do not mean to give every man the best hand. If the cards do not come to any man, or if they do come, and he has not go the power to play them, that is his affair. All I mean is that there shall be no crookedness in the dealing.” Topic: The Square Deal Teddy Roosevelt Quote 7 “I aimed at the public’s heart, and by accident I hit it in the stomach.” Topic: The Meat Inspection Act Upton Sinclair Quote 8 “The problem of the 20th Century is the problem of the color line.” Topic: Racial Equality W.E.B. Dubois Quote 9 “Climb the mountains and get their good tidings. Nature’s peace will flow