Clarence Francis quotes
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“You can buy a man's time; you can buy his physical presence at a given place; you can even buy a measured number of his skilled muscular motions per hour. But you cannot buy enthusiasm... you cannot buy loyalty... you cannot buy the devotion of hearts, mind or souls. You must earn these.”
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“I sincerely believe the word "relationships" is the key to the prospect of a decent world [and life]. It seems abundantly clear that every problem you will have - in your family, in your business, in our nation, or in this world - is essentially a matter of relationships, of interdependence.”
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“What an exciting super-tomorrow it will be! Americans are today making the greatest scientific developments in our history. That is a promise of new levels of employment, industrial activity and human happiness.”
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“You can legislate many conditions-but you cannot legislate harmony into the hearts of men. To attain industrial peace, we need more than by-laws and compulsory rules.”
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“You cannot buy loyalty; you cannot buy the devotion of hearts, minds, and souls. You have to earn these things.”
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“Our common future is badly served when the eloquence of our attack on the other fellow exceeds the energy with which we cooperate with them.”
-- Clarence Francis
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Source : A. Bartlett Giamatti (1981). “The University and the Public Interest”, Atheneum Books
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“Freedom is never given; it is won.”
Source : Keynote speech given at the Second National Negro Congress, 1937.