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There were questions I didn't have the answers to, and I was trying to figure it out. I remember staying up until 4 A.M. reading the Bible and praying.

~Burgess Owens

Topics: Answers Bible Figure Out Praying Questions Reading Remember Staying Trying Until Up Were I Remember

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It is no accident that this country has been blessed with its abundance and its history as the freest and most productive in the world.

~Burgess Owens

Topics: Abundance Accident Been Blessed Country History Most Productive World

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As its citizens humbly recommit to an acceptance of guidance from the God of our fathers, our nation will once again see the miraculous resurrection of the proud, responsible, visionary black father. And with him, his family and community will be lifted.

~Burgess Owens

Topics: Acceptance Again Black Citizens Community Family Father Fathers God Guidance Him His Humbly Lifted Miraculous Nation Once Our Proud Responsible Resurrection See Visionary Will

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White Americans, stop apologizing; we live in the greatest country in the history of mankind, and it's there because of our ancestors - those who came to this country and did their very best. And every generation has gotten better at what we're good at.

~Burgess Owens

Topics: American Ancestors Apologizing Because Best Better Came Country Did Every Generation Good Gotten Greatest Greatest Country History Live Mankind Our Stop The History Of Those Very White Who

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One of the things I did in my book, I start off with, is explaining how great our grace was: the things we were able to accomplish after the first one-hundred years from slavery.

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Topics: Able Accomplish After Book Did Explaining First Grace Great How Off One Of The Things Our Slavery Start Things Were Years

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If you apologize to me, I look at it as an insult because my parents, my grandparents, my great-grandparents, like every other culture out there, did exactly what they needed to do. They worked hard, and they became part of the American way, and they earned the respect of Americans across the board. We need to do the same.

~Burgess Owens

Topics: Across American American Way Apologize Became Because Board Culture Did Earned Every Exactly Exactly What Grandparents Hard Insult Like Look Me Need Needed Other Out Parents Part Respect Same Way Worked You

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I am thrilled and proud of Benjamin Watson for speaking up on behalf of innocent black lives, traditionally an unpopular stance in the mainstream media.

~Burgess Owens

Topics: Am Behalf Black Innocent Lives Mainstream Mainstream Media Media Proud Speaking Stance Thrilled Unpopular Up Watson I Am

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If you wonder why urban young black women are allowing themselves to be victimized by Planned Parenthood, look at BET, which is owned by very wealthy white Democrats.

~Burgess Owens

Topics: Allowing Bet Black Democrats Look Owned Parenthood Planned Planned Parenthood Themselves Urban Very Victimized Wealthy Which White Why Women Women Are Wonder You Young

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In the decades since my youth, I've witnessed the explosion of fatherless families and an exponential increase in illiteracy and crime.

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Topics: Crime Decades Explosion Exponential Families Fatherless Illiteracy Increase Since Witnessed Youth

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We're dealing with whether we're going to accept the idea of socialism and Marxism and atheism. Or go back to the American way, Judeo-Christian values, which meritocracy is part of it. The idea that content and character and talent are colorblind.

~Burgess Owens

Topics: Accept American American Way Atheism Back Character Colorblind Content Dealing Go Going Idea Marxism Part Socialism Talent Values Way Whether Which

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Athlete

Born: August 2nd, 1951

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