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Eric Liu

(1968) Researcher United States

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Eric Liu is a researcher from the United States, best known for A Chinaman's chance.

Quick Facts About Eric Liu

Born: January 1, 1968
Nationality: United States
Profession: Researcher
Notable works: A Chinaman's chance
Known for: The Accidental Asian

About Eric Liu

Eric P. Liu is an American lawyer and CEO and co-founder of Citizen University, a non-profit organization promoting civic empowerment. Liu served as Deputy Assistant to President Bill Clinton for Domestic Policy at the White House between 1999 and 2000. He served as Speechwriter and Director of Legislative Affairs for the National Security Council at the White House from 1993 to 1994.

Biography source: Wikipedia

Quotes by Eric Liu · Page 3

After watching my first World Series in 1977, I wanted to be Reggie Jackson. I bought a big Reggie poster. I ate…

Bars

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Great numbers of Asian Americans do not fit the model minority or 'tiger family' stereotypes, living instead in multigenerational poverty far from…

Asian

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Talk of citizenship today is often thin and tinny. The word has a faintly old-fashioned feel to it when used in everyday…

Accompanied

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Jeremy Lin is the only Asian American in the NBA today and one of the few in any professional U.S. sport. His…

American

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Race in America has always centered on our mutual agreement not to see each other. White or non-white. Black or non-black. Mongoloid,…

Agreement

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When Bryan Price taught me how to throw a changeup, he made me see myself. All my life, I've been the equivalent…

Blazing

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True patriots believe that we should measure a citizen's worth by contribution to country and community, not by wealth or power-that those…

America

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You cannot mistake Bush's clarity of purpose. He believes in a story about freedom and opportunity that makes his followers feel like…

About

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Six decades ago, as Mao's Communists seized power, the question in Washington was, 'Who lost China?' Now, as his capitalist descendants stand…

America

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To love country means to rise above I am because I am. It is to recognize that I am because we are.

Citizenship

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We live in a great country. It's time again to get religion about it.

About

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The strongest streak in the American character is a fierce pragmatism that mistrust blind ideology of every stripe and insists on finding…

American character

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True fans of the Constitution, like true fans of the national pastime, acknowledge the critical role of human judgment in making tough…

Acknowledge

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Honest people know that the road to success and virtue always involves shared sacrifice, hard work, and gratification postponed. Telling people otherwise…

Character

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Why should citizenship be a matter of birth? The premise held by those who want to end birthright citizenship is that some…

Automatically

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“Alexis de Tocqueville warned that as the economy and government of America got bigger, citizens could become smaller: less practiced in the…

America

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True patriots measure themselves not by personal wealth or power but by the degree to which they contribute to the community.

Citizenship

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Republicans say they want citizenship to truly mean something. Let's be equal-opportunity about it and test everyone, including those very Republicans and…

About

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'The Purpose-Driven Life' is not just a mega-bestselling work of Christian faith; it is the thing that every voter, secular or not,…

Christian

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The nativism behind the push to repeal or amend the Fourteenth is ugly and obvious.

Amend

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The summer of 1991, I took $2,000 of my savings and a desktop program, and I asked my friends to write 800…

About

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Identity in America is complicated but it's also simple: it's about whom you identify with and who identifies with you.

America

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