Eleanor Holmes Norton Quotes

On the road to equality there is no better place for blacks to detour around American values than in forgoing its example in the treatment of its women and the organization of its family life

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I have not been animated in my life to fight against race and sex discrimination simply because of my own identity. That would mean that one must be South African to fight apartheid, or a poor white in Appalachia to fight poverty, or Jewish to fight anti-Semitism. And I just reject that conception of how struggles should be waged.

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With children no longer the universally accepted reason for marriage, marriages are going to have to exist on their own merits.

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The only way to make sure people you agree with can speak is to support the rights of people you don't agree with

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When my sisters and I were kids going to DC public schools, school supplies were not the big deal they are today,.. Giving today's children the basic supplies they need is a good way to start them off thinking positively about doing well in school.

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Men without jobs do not form families.

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