"But even at the height of these scandals,……" — Julian Bond
"But even at the height of these scandals, even at the time when our finances were at their worst, the NAACP branches - the grassroots - kept plugging away. They kept doing what they do, and they do it well."
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30 Quotes by Julian Bond
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Many are attracted to social service - the rewards are immediate, the gratification quick. But if we have social justice,…
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As skills and energy became more of a demand, people who didn't have skills just got left behind, got shuttled…
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As legal slavery passed, we entered into a permanent period of unemployment and underemployment from which we have yet to…
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The First Amendment means everything to me.
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The president of the branch in Atlanta was a pastor of a church, the Reverend Sam Williams, a wonderful guy.…
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Violence is black children going to school for 12 years and receiving 6 years' worth of education.
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Marriage is a civil right. If you don't want gay people to marry in your church, good for you. But…
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Discrimination is discrimination no matter who the victim is, and it is always wrong. There are no special rights in…
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If your Bible tells you that gay people ought not be married in your church, don't tell them they can't…
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The humanity of all Americans is diminished when any group is denied rights granted to others.
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I tell young people to prepare themselves as best they can for a world that grows more challenging every day-get…
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The war in Iraq has as much to do with terrorism as the administration has to do with compassion.
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More Branches Quotes
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To those who have chosen the profession of medicine, a knowledge of chemistry, and of some branches of natural history,…
— Charles Babbage
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The Constitution is government's stop sign. It says, you - the three branches of government - can go so far…
— Michele Bachmann
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Respecting other people's cultures is well and good, but I draw the line at where some branches of Islam, what…
— Jello Biafra
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The president of the branch in Atlanta was a pastor of a church, the Reverend Sam Williams, a wonderful guy.…
— Julian Bond
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Books in a large university library system: 2,000,000. Books in an average large city library: 10,000. Average number of books…
— Anthony Burgess
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The legislature's job is to write law. It's the executive branch's job to interpret law.
— George W. Bush
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You must accept that you might fail; then, if you do your best and still don't win, at least you…
— Rosalynn Carter
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When I am finishing a picture, I hold some God-made object up to it - a rock, a flower, the…
— Marc Chagall
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Regularity in the hours of rising and retiring, perseverance in exercise, adaptation of dress to the variations of climate, simple…
— Lord Chesterfield
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I wonder if anyone else has an ear so tuned and sharpened as I have, to detect the music, not…
— Kate Chopin
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I come bearing an olive branch in one hand, and the freedom fighter's gun in the other. Do not let…
— Yasser Arafat
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As the tree is fertilized by its own broken branches and fallen leaves, and grows out of its own decay,…
— Frederick William Robertson
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