"A new race-neutral language was developed for appealing to old racist sentiments, a language accompanied by a political movement that succeeded in putting the vast majority of backs back in their place. Proponents of racial hierarchy found they could install a new racial caste system without violating the law or the new limits of acceptable political discourse, by demanding 'law and order' rather than 'segregation forever'."

-- Michelle Alexander

#Race Quotes #Order Quotes #Law Quotes

“I went to a woman for advice about how to be in business, but I learned a great deal from men”
“I get better at playing the guitar and piano, every time we do a record because we practice more and the years go by and it's just what happens. It is just growing up, and it's cool how over the years the fans grow up and we grow up, and it just kind of works together.”
“Kazim-Richards - there's only one. You type it into Google and nothing else comes up. My first names were meant to be Colin Kazim but the registry office got it wrong. There is no-one with that name - not even my mum and dad - just me - I love it!”
“There is not unmitigated ill in the sharpest of this world's sorrows; I touch not the sore of thy guilt; but of human griefs I counsel thee, Cast off the weakness of regret, and gird thee to redeem thy loss: Thou has gained, in the furnace of affliction, self-knowledge, patience and humility, And these be as precious ore, that waiteth the skill of the coiner: Despise not the blessings of adversity, nor the gain thou hast earned so hardly, And now thou hast drained the bitter, take heed that thou lose not the sweet.”
“Where else but the NBA could people like Bill Russell, Spencer Haywood, Ricky Barry, Dennis Rodman, and Allen Iverson come in and be allowed to be who they are?”
“Self-compassion-being supportive and kind to yourself, especially in the face of stress and failure-is associated with more motivation and better self-control.”
“Don't give up, what've you do; eyes front, head high to the finish. See it through!”

Source : Edgar Albert Guest, “See It Through”
“I will never ever support a people swap where you can send a 13-year-old child unaccompanied to a country without supervision. Never. It will be over my dead body. How dare people.”

Source : "Today" with Georgie Gardner, pmtranscripts.pmc.gov.au. June 28, 2012.

You may also like:

Angela Davis
Political Activist
Bryan Stevenson
Professor
Cornel West
Philosopher
John Legend
Singer-songwriter
Khalil Gibran Muhammad
Professor
Runoko Rashidi
Historian
Ta-Nehisi Coates
Writer
Tim Wise
Activist
Douglas A. Blackmon
Writer