"The reason our country looks the way it does is through social engineering that distinctly benefits suburban communities, exurban communities, and often white residents. And we are socially engineered in such a way as to, often unconsciously and unintentionally, but sometimes intentionally, perpetuate this divisive inequality."

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Source : Source: www.motherjones.com

Richard Benjamin

#Country Quotes #White Quotes #Engineering Quotes

“We had various kinds of tape-recorded concerts and popular music. But by the end of the flight what we listened to most was Russian folk songs. We also had recordings of nature sounds: thunder, rain, the singing of birds. We switched them on most frequently of all, and we never grew tired of them. It was as if they returned us to Earth.”
“...he had long decided that abundant laughter should be the embellishment of the remainder of his days.”
“Nowadays, they have more trouble packing hair dryers than baseball equipment.”
“Desires going before conversion are not such as can calm a storming conscience.”
“The one who forgives never brings up the past to that person's face. When you forgive, it's like it never happened. True forgiveness is complete and total.”
“Freedom includes the right to say what others may object to and resent... The essence of citizenship is to be tolerant of strong and provocative words.”

Source : John George Diefenbaker (1982). “The Wit & Wisdom of John Diefenbaker”, Hurtig Trade
“To create a new business that makes money, and more significantly, employs others, and more significantly, gives a product to a customer that improves their life, is our greatest challenge, our greatest opportunity, and the greatest gift, far greater than any charity that we can give our fellow person.”
“I have seven children by six different mothers. Maybe success was too good to me.”

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