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> [“There are only three things that America will be remembered for 2000 years from now when they study this civilization: The Constitution, Jazz music, and Baseball. These are the 3 most beautiful things this culture's ever created.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gerald-early/there-are-only-three-things-that-america-will-be-remembered-for-2000/)

[Gerald Early](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gerald-early/)

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## More by Gerald Early

> [It was common practice for me to take my children with me whenever I went shopping, out for a walk in a white neighborhood,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gerald-early/it-was-common-practice-for-me-to-take-my-children-with-me-whenever-i/)

[Gerald Early](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gerald-early/)

> [I think there are only three things that America will be known for 2,000 years from now when they study this civilization: the Constitution,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gerald-early/i-think-there-are-only-three-things-that-america-will-be-known-for-2/)

[Gerald Early](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gerald-early/)

> [The Miss America contest isthe most perfectly rendered theater in our culture, for it so perfectly captures what we yearn for: a low-class ritual,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gerald-early/the-miss-america-contest-isthe-most-perfectly-rendered-theater-in-our/)

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> [Everyone in our culture wants to win a prize. Perhaps that is the grand lesson we have taken with us from kindergarten in the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gerald-early/everyone-in-our-culture-wants-to-win-a-prize-perhaps-that-is-the/)

[Gerald Early](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gerald-early/)

> [“There are only three things that America will be remembered for 2000 years from now when they study this civilization: The Constitution, Jazz music,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gerald-early/there-are-only-three-things-that-america-will-be-remembered-for-2000/)

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