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

Knows Culture Father Justice Talking Democracy Position Diversity Social Justice Minorities

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

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

“It would be almost politically suicidal for members of Congress to espouse a balanced position between Israel and Palestine, to suggest that Israel comply with international law or to speak in defense of justice or human rights for Palestinians. If they did so, they couldn't be reelected.”

Ifs Humans Would Be Law Speak Justice Rights Position Members International Congress Human Rights Israel Defense Balanced Palestinian Palestine Suicidal International Law

Author:Jimmy Carter

“Every position must be held to the last man. There must be no retirement. With our backs to the wall, and believing in the justice of our cause, each one of us must fight to the end.”

Men Believe War Ends Lasts Fighting Causes Justice Position Wall Retirement

Author:Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig

“The Department of Justice should resolutely bar monopolizing mergers in all markets, including telecommunications, but they are not in a position, as is the FCC, to promote new competition by selling the airwaves in auctions.”

Should Justice Position Internet Competition Including Bars Selling Department Free Speech Auctions Mergers Fcc Telecommunications Monopolizing

Author:Reed Hundt

“The liberty of the individual is no gift of civilization. It was greatest before there was any civilization, though then, it is true, it had for the most part no value, since the individual was scarcely in a position to defend it. The development of civilization imposes restrictions on it, and justice demands that no one shall escape those restrictions.”

Values Individual Justice Liberty Position Development Civilization Demand Restriction

Book:Civilization and Its Discontents

Source: Civilization and Its Discontents

“In its proper meaning equality before the law means the right to participate in the making of the laws by which one is governed, a constitution which guarantees democratic rights to all sections of the population, the right to approach the court for protection or relief in the case of the violation of rights guaranteed in the constitution, and the right to take part in the administration of justice as judges, magistrates, attorneys-general, law advisers and similar positions.”

Source: No Easy Walk to Freedom

“Obama dreams of a society without power relations, without the agonism that constitutes political life. Against such a position one might assert that justice is always an agon, a conflict, and to refuse this assertion is to consign human beings to wallow in some emotional, fusional balm.”

Humans Dream Might Political Justice Human Beings Position Emotional Conflict Relation Refuse Assertion Political Life

Author:Simon Critchley

“Social justice rests on the hate towards those that enjoy a comfortable position, namely, upon envy.”

Hate Social Enjoy Justice Position Comfortable Social Justice Envy

Author:Friedrich August von Hayek

“We always knew that we wanted to keep Atlantis off for a while and when it did show up, to make it a big story. The goal for Aquaman was to position him as an A-list character; position him as an important member of the Justice League.”

Important Character Stories Shows Bigs Wanted Goal Justice Position Members Lists League Atlantis Justice League

Author:Geoff Johns

“Sacrifice. I'd never been in a position where I was number one on the call sheet, and everything was in my lap. I worked 16 hour days, and I was just not the lead of any film, it was a film about Jesse Owens, one of the greatest heroes of the 20th century. It was a whole new type of responsibility. It was a big weight, and I wanted to do him justice, especially in reviving him after 80 years.”

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Author:Stephan James