Charles Hamilton Houston Quotes and Sayings - Page 1
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“The race problem in the United States is the type of unpleasant problem which we would rather do without but which refuses to be buried.”
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“A lawyer’s either a social engineer or … a parasite on society … A social engineer [is] a highly skilled, perceptive, sensitive lawyer who [understands] the Constitution of the United States and [knows] how to explore its uses in the solving of problems of local communities and in bettering conditions of the underprivileged citizens.”
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“We beg you to save young America from the blight of race prejudice. Do not bind the children within the narrow circles of your own lives.”
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“Black power is organizing the rage of Black people and putting new hard questions and demands to white America.”
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“Without education, there is no hope for our people and without hope, our future is lost”
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“Christianity has always seemed to fight a losing battle against race.”
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“A lawyer is either a social engineer or he is a parasite on society.”
-- Charles Hamilton Houston
