"There is no contradiction between effective law enforcement……" — Dorothy Height
"There is no contradiction between effective law enforcement and respect for civil and human rights. Dr. King did not stir us to move for our civil rights to have them taken away in these kinds of fashions."
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Dorothy Height
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23 Quotes by Dorothy Height
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We've got to work to save our children and do it with full respect for the fact that if we…
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My mother helped me understand how not to show off what I knew, but how to use it so that…
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We are not a problem people, we are people with problems.
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I am the product of many whose lives have touched mine, from the famous, distinguished, and powerful to the little…
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We have to see that all of us are in the same boat.
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If the time is not ripe, we have to ripen the time.
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Civil rights are civil rights. There are no persons who are not entitled to their civil rights. We have to…
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If the times aren't ripe, you have to ripen the times.
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We have to realize we are building a movement.
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I think of my life as a unity of circles. Some are concentric, others overlap, but they all connect in…
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I want to be remembered as one who tried.
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The Black family of the future will foster our liberation, enhance our self-esteem, and shape our ideas and goals.
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During the 60's, I was, in fact, very concerned about the civil rights movement.
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In Downing Street they called me 'Boss'. Civil servants would always call me 'Prime Minister'.
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