Claudia Jones quotes

“The Lady with the Lamp, the Statue of Liberty, stands in New York Harbour. Her back is squarely turned on the USA. It’s no wonder, considering what she would have to look upon. She would weep, if she had to face this way.”
-- Claudia Jones

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“A people’s art is the genesis of their freedom.”
-- Claudia Jones

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“Loving your child also means respecting him as a person. Treat him with the same courtesy as would a friend.”
-- Claudia Jones

Source : Claudia Jones (1988). “Parents are Teachers, Too: Enriching Your Child's First Six Years”, Williamson Pub

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“If anything is going to halt necessary investments in next generation networks it will be Congress dictating business models to companies.”
-- Claudia Jones

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“A people’s art is the genesis of their freedom.”
-- Claudia Jones

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“I grew up about 60 miles northwest of New York, in Middletown, NY.”

“The coffee shop is a great New York institution, but it has terrible coffee. And the more traditional coffee shops are trying to catch up with more sophisticated coffee drinkers.”

“The world [is] now seeing might is right.”

“This whole fuss did not only damage Fischer's image, but that of the USA as well. The way the Americans treated one of their most popular citizens did not make a positive impression worldwide.”

“I don't think we [the USA] need more troops. I think we need to be less worried about civilian casualties.”

“The greatest public health threat for many American women is the men they live with.”

“I would like to be the first ambassador to the United States from the United States.”

“Don't interfere with anything in the Constitution. That must be maintained, for it is the only safeguard of our liberties.”

“If by the mere force of numbers a majority should deprive a minority of any clearly written constitutional right, it might, in a moral point of view, justify revolution.”

“Now that I look back, I realize that a life predicated on being obedient is a very comfortable life indeed. Living in such a way reduces to a minimum one's own need to think.”

Source : "Why? New Eichmann Notes Try to Explain" by Roger Cohen, www.nytimes.com. August 13, 1999.