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“Our minorities alone are in a position to know what the fathers of our democracy were talking about.”

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Book:The Desegregated Heart: A Virginian’s Stand in Time of Transition

Source: The Desegregated Heart: A Virginian’s Stand in Time of Transition

“If we want justice for minorities and cooled wars with our natural enemies, whether human or non-human, we must first come to terms with the minority and the enemy in ourselves and in our own hearts, for the rascal is there as much as anywhere in the "external" world - -especially when you realize that the world outside your skin is as much yourself as the world inside.”

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Author:Alan Watts

“I think that the influence towards suppression of minority views - towards orthodoxy in thinking about public issues - has been more subconscious than unconscious, stemming to a very great extent from the tendency of Americans to conform...not to deviate or depart from an orthodox point of view.”

Thinking Has Beens Justice Views Issues Influence Point Of View Tendencies Unconscious Minorities Orthodox Subconscious Conform Orthodoxy Suppression Deviate

Author:William O. Douglas

“the most sacred business of judges is not to ratify the will of the majority but to protect the minority from its tyranny.”

Justice Judging Protect Sacred Majority Tyranny Minorities

Author:Anna Quindlen

“As the House is designed to provide a reflection of the mood of the moment, the Senate is meant to reflect the continuity of the past--to preserve the delicate balance of justice between the majority's whims and the minority's rights.”

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Author:Lyndon B. Johnson

“Chief Justice Roberts has expressly said that the Constitution and the government should be colorblind, he sees no difference between government action that discriminates against minorities and one that benefits minorities.”

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Author:Erwin Chemerinsky

“While I am as convinced a Socialist as the most ardent Marxian, I do not regard Socialism as a gospel of proletarian revenge, nor even, primarily, as a means of securing economic justice. I regard it primarily as an adjustment to machine production demanded by considerations of common sense, and calculated to increase the happiness, not only of proletarians, but of all except a tiny minority of the human race.”

Source: The Collected Papers of Bertrand Russell

“Both HUD and the Department of Justice began bringing lawsuits against mortgage bankers when a higher percentage of minority applicants than white applicants were turned down for mortgage loans. A substantial majority of both black and white mortgage loan applicants had their loans approved but a statistical difference was enough to get a bank sued.”

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Book:Dismantling America and Other Controversial Essays (Large Print 16pt)

Source: Dismantling America and Other Controversial Essays (Large Print 16pt)

“These settlements [Justice Department with lenders] include requirements that banks lend to minorities at below-market rates and, in effect, dish out cash to politically favored 'community groups.' It's a good bet that many of these loans will eventually go bad.”

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Author:Mary Kissel

“I made it clear that I will consider - this is the important phrase I am trying to say - myself most fortunate if Jesus Christ will accept the sacrifice of my blood to raise the voice for the justice and rights of the persecuted and victimized Christians and other minorities in Pakistan.”

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Author:Shahbaz Bhatti