"I would have to say all of the civil rights acts, because there were three, and even, say, the Immigration Act, which I think also is a civil rights act, maybe on a global perspective, that he cared very, very much about it."

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Source : "How the Civil Rights Act pioneered anti-discrimination laws in America". “PBS NewsHour" with Gwen Ifill, www.pbs.org. April 10, 2014.

Lynda Bird Johnson Robb

#Thinking Quotes #Rights Quotes #Perspective Quotes

“I've met Obama a few times, and I think Obama's a quality human being, but I think that he finds himself in a position where your actions are largely dictated by things out of your control. I'm not giving him a pass for not being more courageous, but I do think the entire system needs an overhaul and taking money out of politics would be a really good first step.”
“Let's forgive the past and who we were then. Let's embrace the present and who we're capable of becoming. Let's surrender the future and watch miracles unfold.”
“My imagination completely controls me, and forever feeds the fire that burns with dark red light in my heart by bringing me the best dreams. I've always had a wild imagination, a big heart and a tortured soul so I feel that dark fantasy, love and horror are in my blood.”
“No one will make progress with God until our eyes are lifted to the faithfulness of God and we stop looking at ourselves!”
“How many things have to happen to you before something occurs to you?”
“I have always loved too much, or not enough.”

Source : Dorianne Laux (1994). “What we carry: poems”, BOA Editions Ltd.
“These enemies of divine revelation extol human progress to the skies, and with rash and sacrilegious daring would have it introduced into the Catholic religion as if this religion were not the work of God but of man, or some kind of philosophical discovery susceptible of perfection by human efforts.”
“But at the age of 44, I sure hope to be a better businesswoman. I want to get the music straight to my fans.”

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