“Compromise remained the word of the day. And what is compromise but agreeing at times to vote against one’s desires in order to reach a higher goal? Those who”
― To Rescue the Constitution: George Washington and the Fragile American Experiment
― To Rescue the Constitution: George Washington and the Fragile American Experiment
“you have a big enough why, you can endure almost any how.”
― Invisible Child: Poverty, Survival, and Hope in an American City
― Invisible Child: Poverty, Survival, and Hope in an American City
“would define freedom as the right to cling to every precious principle dear to one’s heart could not form a nation—especially not this one. The key was to decide together which principles were sacred and—no small detail—would make a nation governable. Earlier”
― To Rescue the Constitution: George Washington and the Fragile American Experiment
― To Rescue the Constitution: George Washington and the Fragile American Experiment
“weight of racism that people of color must constantly carry: putting aside their own needs to focus on white needs. An antidote to white fragility is to build up our stamina to bear witness to the pain of racism that we cause, not to impose conditions that require people of color to continually validate our denial.”
― White Fragility: Why It's So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism
― White Fragility: Why It's So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism
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