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Inspirational Quotes by Constance Baker Motley
- Lack of encouragement never deterred me. I was the kind of person who would not be put down.
- Affirmitive action is extremely complex because it appears in many different forms.
- I never thought I would live long enough to see the legal profession change to the extent it has.
- In my view, I did not get to the federal bench because I was a woman
- When I was 15, I decided I wanted to be a lawyer. No one thought this was a good idea
- The fact is that racism, despite all the doomsayers, has diminished
- There appears to be no limit as to how far the women's revolution will take us.
- Whites would rather not be involved in race matters, I think.
- We Americans entered a new phase in our history - the era of integration - in 1954.
- Too many whites still see blacks as a group apart.
- The legal difference between the sit-ins and the Freedom Riders was significant.
- Something which we think is impossible now is not impossible in another decade.
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