"Character issues such as drug abuse are not exclusive to Detroit Public Schools. My reference to substance abuse, not intended to focus on any particular school district, was simply used to illustrate this position."

-- Kwame Kilpatrick

#School Quotes #Character Quotes #Issues Quotes

“The elites hate to acknowledge it, but when large numbers of ordinary people are moved to action, it changes the narrow political world where the elites call the shots. Inside accounts reveal the extent to which Johnson and Nixon's conduct of the Vietnam War was constrained by the huge anti-war movement. It was the civil rights movement, not compelling arguments, that convinced members of Congress to end legal racial discrimination.”

Source : "Won’t You Please Come to Chicago?" by Dean Baker, www.huffingtonpost.com. March 18, 2010.
“There is a future for the auto parts industry, but it needs a consolidation and a rationalization of geography in that most suppliers have facilities in the U.S., although most of their customers are overseas.”
“There is only one way to pitch to Musial - under the plate.”
“One reason I do the live shows - and the monthly speeches at public radio stations - is to remind myself that people hear the show, that it has an audience, that it exists in the world. It's so easy to forget that.”
“All cities do face similar, significant trends in the future... most importantly global warming and climate change.”
“Virtue's a stronger guard than brass.”

Source : Edmund Waller (1854). “Poetical Works of Edmund Waller. Edited by Robert Bell”, p.226
“I've been playing a guitar since I was 10 years old.”
“Execution is the chariot of genius.”

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