quotes about Abdication

“The recognized achievements of some Negroes, despite rigid racial barriers, indicate that society by its prejudices may be depriving itself of valuable contributions from many others. It is now doubtful whether America can afford the luxury of such a waste of human resources.”

Source : Kenneth B. Clark (1988). “Prejudice and Your Child”, p.61, Wesleyan University Press

“The yearning for strong leadership is more about strength of purpose - clarity of vision - than about merely 'getting tough'.”

“I who have been involved with all styles of painting can assure you that the only things that fluctuate are the waves of fashion which carry the snobs and speculators; the number of true connoisseurs remains more or less the same.”

“Tracing the progress of mankind in the ascending path of civilization, and moral and intellectual culture, our fathers found that the divine ordinance of government, in every stage of the ascent, was adjustable on principles of common reason to the actual condition of a people, and always had for its objects, in the benevolent councils of the divine wisdom, the happiness, the expansion, the security, the elevation of society, and the redemption of man. They sought in vain for any title of authority of man over man, except of superior capacity and higher morality.”

“There's some way in which we would prefer not to see very clearly the immense gifts and intelligence of some of the people who live in our most abject conditions. Maybe there are some things at work in deciding who gets to be society's winners and who gets to be society's losers that don't have to do with merit.”

Source : Interview with Steve Inskeep, kasu.org. November 15, 2012.

“Paul Jewell's sides are always hard to break down, although Manchester United have a habit of breaking his sides down pretty easily.”

“Reliable data on the outsourcing of American jobs is sorely missing from the debate on globalization.”

“Free enterprise is not a bad idea and has produced art.”

“I guess I'm lucky that I've been able to play a wide range of parts and a wide range of types of productions - I haven't felt much typecasting.”

“I'm pretty aware that the pursuit of perfection is, inherently, a flawed concept.”

Source : "Jonny Wilkinson: not quite Mr Perfect" by Donald McRae, www.theguardian.com. December 13, 2011.