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“During the Great Depression, African Americans were faced with problems that were not unlike those experienced by the most disadvantaged groups in society. The Great Depression had a leveling effec...”
“The danger to society is not merely that it should believe wrong things, though that is great enough; but that it should become credulous, and lose the habit of testing things and inquiring into th...”
“Exclusiveness in a garden is a mistake as great as it is in society.”
“The memory of the 146 people who lost their lives in the Triangle Shirtwaist fire stands as a reminder that legal protections and workplace safety standards were won through a long struggle for soc...”
“Globalization is a great thing, but it needs a legal framework in which to blossom.”
“Catholicism is a wide tent in terms of political and legal positions. We could have nine Catholics on the Supreme Court and a great deal of diversity toward the law.”
“In the early centuries of Islam, the great schools of Islamic jurisprudence were built upon the above principles. Basic to all their legal systems they developed the doctrine that liberty is the fu...”
“I think it's pathetic that a court of law cannot be in a vacuum of the legal system, without the influence of the public threatening to do great bodily harm to people and property. It's really a pa...”
“Well, I think the great tragedy in American politics is what is legal, not what is illegal.”
“Of the judicial department of the Government, the Supreme Court is the head and representative, and to it must come for final decision all the great legal questions which may arise under the Consti...”
“The great changes in civilisation and society have been wrought by deeply held beliefs and passion rather than by a process of rational deduction.”
“An embellished top with slim pants is great, even for a wedding.”
“When I got married, I hired a great choir - the St. James Choir, an all-black gospel choir - to sing at my wedding.”
“It happened in Miami, in Coral Gables, a great big ol' Cuban wedding. It was pretty intense.”
“We need to see, and agree that what we seek already lives within us, and we within it. Now we know our one great task: watch for whatever promises us freedom, and then quietly, consciously refuse t...”
“When more Americans prefer freebies to freedom, these great United States will become a fertile ground for tyranny.”
“Just as the Security Council was largely irrelevant to the great struggle of the last half of the twentieth century - freedom against Communism - so too it is largely on the sidelines in our contem...”
“As a teenager, I developed a great interest in not only horse breeding but also horse racing and used to bet based on red-hot tips. I realized that becoming a bookmaker would be very lucrative, but...”
“I know my dad always wanted to heal the world, and so I think it would be great to follow in his footsteps.”
“You know not having my real dad around and having a step dad made me want to be a great dad. So now I have been one for 9 years. And now 3 daughters. So, that is what I am - a dad, first and foremo...”
