"Power in the hands of the reformer is……" — Derrick Bell
"Power in the hands of the reformer is no less potentially corrupting than in the hands of the oppressor."
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15 Quotes by Derrick Bell
Derrick Bell has 15 quotes on this site.
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All ethical people strive to choose "right" over "easy" when confronted by situations that force them to choose one or…
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Black people are the magical faces at the bottom of society's well. Even the poorest whites, those who must live…
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The challenge throughout has been to tell what I view as the truth about racism without causing disabling despair.
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Slavery is, as an example of what white America has done, a constant reminder of what white America might do.
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I live to harass white folks.
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A rule without exceptions is an instrument capable of doing mischief to the innocent and bringing grief - as well…
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It appears that my worst fears have been realised: we have made progress in everything yet nothing has changed.
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We live in a system that espouses merit, equality, and a level playing field, but exalts those with wealth, power,…
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Courage is a decision you make to act in a way that works through your own fear for the greater…
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However self-sufficient we may fancy ourselves, we exist only in relation -- to our friend, family, and life partners; to…
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Resistance is a powerful motivator precisely because it enables us to fulfill our longing to achieve our goals while letting…
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Education leads to enlightenment. Enlightenment opens the way to empathy. Empathy foreshadows reform.
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More Corrupting Quotes
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Men, women, and children who cannot live on gravity alone need something to satisfy their gayer, lighter moods and hours,…
— P T Barnum
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Life is a corrupting process from the time a child learns to play his mother off against his father in…
— Saul Alinsky
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Contact with the affairs of state is one of the most corrupting of the influences to which men are exposed.
— James F. Cooper
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If you tell an ugly woman that she is beautiful, you offer her the great homage of corrupting the concept…
— Ayn Rand
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The hard truth is that what may be acceptable in elite culture may not be acceptable in mass culture, that…
— Susan Sontag
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If someone wants to do drugs ... as long as he or she isn't corrupting minors or driving under the…
— Brad Pitt
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If monarchy is corrupting - and it is - wait till you see what overt empire does to us.
— Daniel Ellsberg
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Oh, what a vileness human beauty is; corroding, corrupting everything it touches.
— Euripides
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The profit motive is not only fundamental to our ability to reward shareholders and pay employees; it's fundamental to excellent…
— Lachlan Murdoch
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It may not be easy, in every possible case, to trace the line of separation between the rights of religion…
— James Madison
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My point of view, while extremely cogent, is unpopular. . . . That the repressive nature of the legalities vis-a-vis…
— Jack Nicholson
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The scapegoat has always had the mysterious power of unleashing man's ferocious pleasure in torturing, corrupting, and befouling.
— Francois Mauriac
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