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Douglas Wilder

(1931) Politician United States

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Douglas Wilder is a politician from the United States, best known for Physical Resources Foundation Report.

Quick Facts About Douglas Wilder

Born: January 17, 1931
Nationality: United States
Profession: Politician
Notable works: Physical Resources Foundation Report

About Douglas Wilder

Lawrence Douglas Wilder is an American lawyer and politician who served as the 66th governor of Virginia from 1990 to 1994. He was the first African American to serve as governor of a U.S. state since the Reconstruction era, and the first African American ever elected as governor. He is currently a professor at the namesake Wilder School at Virginia Commonwealth University.

Biography source: Wikipedia

Awards & Honors

honorary degree Bronze Star Medal Spingarn Medal Phoenix Award

Quotes by Douglas Wilder

Africa is not a country, but it is a continent like none other. It has that which is elegantly vast or awfully…

Continents

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The first black president will be a politician who is black.

Black

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Government or politics in America today is big business. Everybody makes money involving themselves in one way or the other, whether it's…

About

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Sept. 11 jolted America out of its second gilded age.

Age

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Greece's European neighbors were able step in and bolster the weak foundation on which Greece's free-spending budget was based. It would be…

Able

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Since Obama has expressed admiration for the portrait of Abraham Lincoln that Doris Kearns Goodwin paints in 'Team of Rivals,' he could…

Abraham

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My experience politically has always been that one-word definition of politics: money. Keep your eye on the buck. And that tells you…

Always

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During the 2008 campaign, I strongly endorsed Barack Obama for president. I did so early, when many Democratic leaders - including many…

African american

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Certain black leaders would believe that you have to go through their prism: 'If I lay my hand on you, you're OK.'…

Believe

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What is blackness? Is it the way you talk? Do you got to say, 'Dey this, dey dat.' Or the way you…

Black

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You don't ever earn a right to stop doing anything if you feel there is an obligation to move in terms of…

Anything

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Many voted in 2008 with the desire to see racism and racists humiliated by having a qualified black man elected president.

Black

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Slavery is nothing to joke about. The history of this nation's involvement with slavery is nothing to pass off in a joke.

About

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There will be those who will tell you that you can't make it because of how you look, because of the way…

Heard

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I fought in Korea, front line. I knew who the enemy were. The enemy were the people who were firing at me.…

Enemy

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Slavery is nothing to joke about! And the history of this nation's [the USA's] involvement with slavery is nothing to pass off…

History

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If both John McCain and Obama were given a sip of truth serum, both would admit they made serious mistakes in choosing…

Admit

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Obama was elected in a flourish of promise that many in the African-American community believed would help not only to symbolize African-American…

Acts

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Suppose something would happen to the president, who would be in charge? The Vice President. Joe Biden? You have got to be…

Biden

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The force I represent is Virginia's New Mainstream. It looks forward, not backwards. It tries to unify people, not divide them.

Backwards

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Healthy debate has been replaced by automatic sensors that eliminate the need for actual talking during a filibuster - a la 'Mr.…

Actual

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In the class that I teach at one University, I stress that my one-word definition of politics is money. You can't name…

Class

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Since the heady days of the 2009 Inauguration, middle-class independents have grown increasingly distant from Obama. Working-class voters - always more enamored…

Always

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