Evan Wolfson Quotes
The 1913 law is an artifact of an era of trying to block racial equality. It's serving its mission of discrimination.
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The South resented giving the Afro-American his freedom, the ballot box and the Civil Rights Law.
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I believe in unconditional love and equality. Jesus Christ exemplified these qualities.
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If you want to see the true measure of a man, watch how he treats his inferiors, not his equals.
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Understand this law and you will then know, beyond room for the slightest doubt, that you are constantly punishing yourself for every wrong you commit and rewarding yourself for every act of constructive conduct in which you indulge.
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Equality is the soul of liberty; there is, in fact, no liberty without it.
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Understand, our police officers put their lives on the line for us every single day. They've got a tough job to do to maintain public safety and hold accountable those who break the law.
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The enforcement of the law cannot depend on the justice of a cause or one man's conscience.
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It is not hard to see why the FBI wants wiretapping backdoors. It would certainly make its job easier. But rejiggering the Internet so government can conveniently monitor everything we say and do online is too high a price to pay for making law enforcement more efficient.
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I've done so many commencement speeches at colleges and law schools, and I tell young women that there are no glass ceilings because those were broken by a lot of women who came before us. You can be anyone you want to be. You can do anything you want to do.
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The first law of ecology is that everything is related to everything else.
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I see the policy of opposing same-sex marriages or unions, whatever you call it, as bigotry or discrimination.
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My father-in-law just happens to be a global procurement guru. Now retired, he was the global head of procurement for some of the biggest companies in the world as well as our very own treasury.
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The main thing I say on war is that we need to obey the law and formally declare war.
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I've been a staunch advocate of women's empowerment, and I've worked hard throughout my career to advance the cause. It is heartening to see that gender equality is really becoming more of a reality. There is still much more to be done, and I'm confident that, by working together, we can empower women worldwide.
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I used to go on chat rooms on AOL, back when those things existed, and argue with believers in evolution and argued with them that it was against God's law to believe in evolution. It was something I believed really personally.
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The question at the end of the day was, the courts having found there was no defense, a producer about to go to jail, should CBS in effect tell the producer go to jail even though there is no law at all that we can use to get you out of jail?
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I don't believe that if I came out as bisexual the world will change. But it's really important for people to be truthful about who they are and fight for equality. We need to help the world usher itself into the next phase.
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Judge: a law student who marks his own examination-papers.
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The sun had gone down behind the tall apartments of the movie stars in the West Fifties, and the unclear voices of children, already gathered like crikets on the grass, rose through the hot twilight.
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I'm the type of person who won't cancel a show even if I don't feel my best.
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I've traveled to 50 countries, but I've never been to heaven.
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Two Corinthians walk into a bar...
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The 1913 law is an artifact of an era of trying to block racial equality. It's serving its mission of discrimination.
