#lacks

I have no desire to take all black people back to Africa; there are blacks who are no good here and will likewise be no good there. ↗

— Marcus Garvey

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Politicians will not put forth programs aimed at the problems of poor blacks while their turnout remains so low. ↗

— Henry Louis Gates

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At the same time, new concepts and abstractions flow into the picture, taking up the task of describing the universe without reference to such time or space - abstractions for which our language lacks adequate terms. ↗

— Benjamin Whorf

#concepts #describing #flow #into #lacks

The Jewish background is not that far from the black groove. Blacks are downtrodden, Jews are downtrodden, therefore they have something in common in that affliction. Being downtrodden often makes one more empathetic and sympathetic. ↗

— Jerry Leiber

#background #being #black #blacks #common

A prince never lacks legitimate reasons to break his promise. ↗

— Niccolo Machiavelli

#his #lacks #legitimate #never #prince

Today's Constitution is a realistic document of freedom only because of several corrective amendments. Those amendments speak to a sense of decency and fairness that I and other Blacks cherish. ↗

— Thurgood Marshall

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Smile, for everyone lacks self-confidence and more than any other one thing a smile reassures them. ↗

— Andre Maurois

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Robinson was important to all blacks. To make it into the majors and to take all the name calling, he had to be something special. He had to take all this for years, not just for Jackie Robinson, but for the nation. ↗

— Willie Mays

#calling #had #important #into #jackie

No one is more insufferable than he who lacks basic courtesy. ↗

— Bryant H. McGill

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A new poll shows that Senator Kerry's support in the South is strongest amongst blacks. Kerry's appeal to Southern blacks is obvious. He is a white man who lives far, far away. ↗

— Dennis Miller

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