James Meredith quotes
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“My answer to the racial problem in America is to not deal with it at all. The founding fathers dealt with it when they made the Constitution.”
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“There are a million Negroes in Mississippi. I think they'll take care of me.”
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“The day for the Negro man being a coward is over.”
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“Nothing could be more insulting to me than the concept of civil rights. It means perpetual second-class citizenship for me and my kind.”
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“When it comes to my rights as an American citizen, and yours, I am a triumphalist and an absolutist. Anything less is an insult,”
-- James MeredithSource : James Meredith (2012). “A Mission from God: A Memoir and Challenge for America”, p.25, Simon and Schuster
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“I am thankful for the strong, united response of our university community to the desecration of the James Meredith statue last year, confirming our university values of civility and respect. what it is saying is that the only possible justice for a black in the state of Mississippi is the federal government and if there's anything that we don't need it's that being our only means of expecting justice.”
-- James Meredith
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Source : Ballads for Broadbrows (1930) "Lines for a Worthy Person"
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“I think America right now is looking for somebody who appeals to every faction.”
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“So I had this completely unrealistic idea of what America was — but I wanted to be there.”
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“When America is chasing you, the whole world is chasing you.”
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“Someone once asked me... whether I waited for inspiration. My answer was: "Every day!"”
Source : Aaron Copland (2011). “What to Listen For in Music”, p.27, Penguin
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