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> [“When the boys were little, I used to take them to the gleaming white Jefferson Memorial at the edge of the Tidal Basin. Under the dome, we would read the inscriptions carved into the walls—the paragraph of self-evident truths from…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/khizr-khan/when-the-boys-were-little-i-used-to-take-them-to-the-gleaming-white/)

[Khizr Khan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/khizr-khan/)

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## More by Khizr Khan

> [“No man is complete until his education is complete.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/khizr-khan/no-man-is-complete-until-his-education-is-complete/)

[Khizr Khan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/khizr-khan/)

> [“For the poor man, the immigrant, the homeless veteran living under a bridge, to be treated under the law the same as the rich…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/khizr-khan/for-the-poor-man-the-immigrant-the-homeless-veteran-living-under-a/)

[Khizr Khan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/khizr-khan/)

> [“So what if you are thirsty? Always be a river for everyone.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/khizr-khan/so-what-if-you-are-thirsty-always-be-a-river-for-everyone/)

[Khizr Khan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/khizr-khan/)

> [“The proctor still held the note, and he turned it so I could read it. Imtiaz had written it on his official stationery, with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/khizr-khan/the-proctor-still-held-the-note-and-he-turned-it-so-i-could-read-it/)

[Khizr Khan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/khizr-khan/)

> [“When the boys were little, I used to take them to the gleaming white Jefferson Memorial at the edge of the Tidal Basin. Under…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/khizr-khan/when-the-boys-were-little-i-used-to-take-them-to-the-gleaming-white/)

[Khizr Khan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/khizr-khan/)

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