"Justice Jefferson has a blind spot on race. You know, more than a blind spot. A terrible blemish on his legacy, slavery, for which he's properly excoriated. So, I think [Louis] Brandeis has done this as well."

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Source : "What Would Brandeis Do?". "Amicus" with Dahlia Lithwick, www.slate.com. June 16, 2016.

Jeffrey Rosen

#Thinking Quotes #Blind Spots Quotes #Race Quotes

“Guys want a 500 horsepower car. I'd rather have one horsepower - in a horse. That's macho. You go to pick up your date and you show up on a horse.”
“He is preeminent in creation because He is the Creator. He is preeminent in redemption for He is the Redeemer. He is preeminent in the church because He is the One who gave Himself for the church.”
“When I started my company, many people said I shouldn't launch it as a retail concept because it was too big a risk. They told me to launch as a wholesaler to test the waters - because that was the traditional way.”
“Power from unearned privilege can look like strength when it is in fact permission to escape or to dominate.”
“Childhood bullying was a big part of my life.”

Source : "‘90210’ Star Michael Steger Opens Up About Childhood Bullying: ‘You Feel Like You’re Going To Die’" by Lee Hernandez, www.huffingtonpost.com. May 15, 2012.
“Che Guevara taught us we could dare to have confidence in ourselves; confidence in our abilities. He instilled in us the conviction that struggle is our only recourse. He, was a citizen of th free world that together we are in the process of building. That is why we say that Che Guevara is also African and Burkinabe.”

Source : "We are Heirs of the World's Revolutions: Lessons from Thomas Sankara" by Akinyemi Adeseye, May 15, 2010.
“It isn't necessary to imagine the world ending in fire or ice. There are two other possibilities: one is paperwork, and the other is nostalgia.”
“I am a cookbook fanatic.”

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