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Hansberry, Lorraine. Diary entry. 1 May 1962.

In a racially divided society majority rule is not a reliable instrument of democracy.

Lani Guinier

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Guinier, Lani. "Second Proms and Second Primaries." Boston Review, 1 Sept. 1992.

The happy ending is our national belief.

Mary McCarthy

America the Beautiful

On Americans.

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McCarthy, Mary. "America the Beautiful: The Humanist in the Bathtub." Commentary Magazine, Sept. 1947.

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Mott, Lucretia. "Discourse on Woman." 17 Dec. 1849, Philadelphia's Assembly Hall, Philadelphia, PA, USA. Lecture.

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Mott, Lucretia. "Lucretia Mott: Why Should Not Woman Seek to Be a Reformer?" Great Speeches by American Women, edited by James Daley. Dover Publications, 2007.

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Bloom, Allan. The Closing of the American Mind: How Higher Education Has Failed Democracy and Impoverished the Souls of Today's Students. Simon & Schuster, 1987, pt. 3.

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Hawthorne, Nathaniel. The Scarlet Letter: A Romance. Boston: Ticknor, Reed & Fields, 1850, ch. 2.

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Hawthorne, Nathaniel. The Scarlet Letter, edited by Brian Harding. Oxford University Press, 2009, ch. 2.

During my service in the United States Congress, I took the initiative in creating the Internet.

Al Gore

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Gore, Al. Interviewed by Wolf Blitzer. CNN, 9 Mar. 1999.

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Darrow, Clarence. Interview in Chicago. Apr. 1936.

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Holmes, Oliver Wendell, Jr. "The Class of '61." Fiftieth Anniversary of Graduation of the Harvard Class of 1861. 28 June 1911, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA.

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Holmes, Oliver Wendell, Jr. "The Class of '61." The Essential Holmes, edited by Richard A. Posner. University of Chicago Press, 1997.

This is the greatest generation any society has ever produced.

Tom Brokaw

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Brokaw, Tom. "Meet the Press." NBC, Normandy, France, 6 June 1994.

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Didion, Joan. "On Keeping a Notebook." Holiday, 1966.

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McLaughlin, Mignon. The Neurotic's Notebook. ‎The Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1963, ch. 5.

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Coltrane, John. "John Coltrane and Eric Dolphy Answer the Jazz Critics." Interviewed by Don DeMichael. DownBeat, 12 Apr. 1962.

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Coltrane, John. Quoted in Freedom Is, Freedom Ain't: Jazz and the Making of the Sixties, written by Scott Saul. Harvard University Press, 2003.

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Holmes, Oliver Wendell, Sr. "The Chambered Nautilus." The Atlantic Monthly. Boston: Phillips, Sampson and Company, Feb. 1858, st. 5.

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Dick, Phillip. "How to Build a Universe That Doesn't Fall Apart Two Days Later." 1978, Disneyland, Anaheim, CA, USA. Speech.

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Garrison, William Lloyd. Resolution passed by the Massachusetts Anti-Slavery Society. Massachusetts Anti-Slavery Society meeting. 27 Jan. 1843, Boston, MA, USA.

The way to stop discrimination on the basis of race is to stop discriminating on the basis of race.

John Roberts

Parents Involved in Community Schools v. Seattle School District No. 1

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Roberts, John. United States, Supreme Court. Parents Involved in Community Schools v. Seattle School District No. 1. United States Reports, vol. 551, 28 June 2007, pp. 701-876, https://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/551/701/.

Business is war. It's dog eat dog, rat eat rat. If my competitor were drowning, I'd walk over and I'd put a hose right in his mouth.

Ray Kroc

Founder

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Founder. Directed by John Lee Hancock, FilmNation Entertainment/The Combine/Faliro House Productions S. A., 2016.

A library doesn't need windows. A library is a window.

Stewart Brand

How Buildings Learn

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Brand, Stewart. How Buildings Learn: What Happens After They're Built. Viking Press, 1994, ch. 3.