Posts Tagged as ‘discrimination’

July 6, 2007

Clarence Darrow on Discrimination

“I would like to see a time when man loves his fellow man, and forgets his colour or his creed. We will never be civilized until that time comes.”
– Clarence Darrow, Closing Argument in Defense of Henry Sweet, April 1926

June 28, 2007

John Roberts on Discrimination

“The way to stop discrimination on the basis of race is to stop discriminating on the basis of race.”
– Chief Justice John Roberts in the Supreme Court’s Ruling on Parents Involved in Community Schools v. Seattle School District No. 1, 05-908 and Meredith v. Jefferson County Board of Education, 05-915

June 27, 2007

Albus Dumbledore on Character

“You are blinded…by the love of the office you hold, Cornelius! You place too much importance, and you always have done, on the so-called purity of blood! You fail to recognize that it matters not what someone is born, but what they grow to be!”
– Albus Dumbledore in J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter and the Goblet of [...]