Reparations Quotes
17 quotes by 16 authors
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Our crimes, for which we are responsible: as taxpayers, for failing to provide massive reparations, for granting refuge and immunity to the perpetrators, and for…
— Noam Chomsky
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Obama's entire economic program is reparations.
— Rush Limbaugh
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The mere fact that you belong to a certain ethnic group makes you eternally guilty, according to the twisted logic of Zionism. If Germans who…
— Ernst Zundel
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The great question of the seventies is, shall we surrender to our surroundings, or shall we make our peace with nature and begin to make…
— Richard M. Nixon
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That was the principle of reparations to which President Truman agreed at Potsdam. And the United States will not agree to the taking from Germany…
— James F. Byrnes
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What I’m talking about is more than recompense for past injustices—more than a handout, a payoff, hush money, or a reluctant bribe. What I’m talking…
— Ta-Nehisi Coates
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There's no doubt that when it comes to our treatment of Native Americans as well as other persons of color in this country, we've got…
— Barack Obama
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Being black, I'm involved in the reparations movement. It's focused toward the African-American audience. We could begin to heal.
— Cassandra Wilson
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Libertarianism is the simple morality we learned as children: Don’t strike first, don’t steal or cheat, keep your promises. If you inadvertently fail to live…
— Mary Ruwart
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There is fear as to whether Japan, reduced to such a predicament, could ever manage to pay reparations to certain designated Allied Powers without shifting…
— Shigeru Yoshida
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If we had intellectual vigour enough to ascend from effects to causes, we would explain political, economical and social phenomena less by credit sheets, balance…
— Fulton J. Sheen
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Fortunately, in President Obama, the child of an African and an American, we finally have a leader who is uniquely positioned to bridge the great…
— Henry Louis Gates
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It is true that Mr. Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation, after which there was a commitment to give 40 acres and a mule. That's where…
— Al Sharpton
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Reparations, I believe, are talked about for political reasons, trying to cater for the purpose of getting votes. If Congress was serious about reparations -…
— J C Watts
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Reparations,†said Jem very suddenly, setting down the pen he was holding. Will looked at him in puzzlement. “Is this a game? We just blurt…
— Cassandra Clare
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Reparations - not just aid - should be provided by those responsible for devastating Iraqi civilian society by cruel sanctions and military actions, and -…
— Noam Chomsky
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The committee's work is not about whether or how we should pay reparations. That was never the intent nor will the payment of reparations be…
— Ruth J Simmons
Who Wrote These Reparations Quotes
16 authors contributed a total of 17 Reparations Quotes as follows: