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If diversity is what is a central value in every selective university in the United States, then it ought to be seen as a compelling interest by the Supreme Court.
~ Eleanor Holmes Norton
Central
Compelling
Court
Diversity
Every
Interest
Ought
Seen
Selective
States
Supreme
Supreme Court
Then
United
United States
University
Value
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Men without jobs do not form families.
~ Eleanor Holmes Norton
Families
Form
Jobs
Men
Without
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On the road to equality there is no better place for blacks to detour around American values than in forgoing its example in the treatment of its women and the organization of its family.
~ Eleanor Holmes Norton
American
American Values
Around
Better
Better Place
Blacks
Detour
Equality
Example
Family
Organization
Place
Road
Than
Treatment
Values
Women
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There are not many males, black or white, who wish to get involved with a woman who's committed to her own development.
~ Eleanor Holmes Norton
Black
Black Or White
Committed
Development
Get
Her
Involved
Males
Many
Own
White
Who
Wish
Woman
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There is no reason to repeat bad history.
~ Eleanor Holmes Norton
Bad
History
No Reason
Reason
Repeat
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With children no longer the universally accepted reason for marriage, marriages are going to have to exist on their own merits.
~ Eleanor Holmes Norton
Accepted
Children
Exist
Going
Longer
Marriage
Marriages
Merits
Own
Reason
Universally
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Affirmative action is the most important antidiscrimination technique ever instituted in the United States. It is the one tool that has had a demonstrable effect on discrimination... Affirmative action, by all statistical measures, has been the central ingredient to the creation of the black middle class.
~ Eleanor Holmes Norton
Action
Affirmative
Affirmative Action
Been
Black
Central
Class
Creation
Discrimination
Effect
Ever
Had
Has-Been
Important
Ingredient
Instituted
Measures
Middle
Middle Class
Most
States
Statistical
Technique
The Most Important
Tool
United
United States
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As commissioner, I will attempt to see that no man is judged by the irrational criteria of race, religion, or national origin. And I assure you, I use the word 'man' in the generic sense, for I mean to see that the principle of nondiscrimination becomes a reality for women as well.
~ Eleanor Holmes Norton
Assure
Attempt
Becomes
Commissioner
Criteria
Generic
Irrational
Judged
Man
Mean
National
Origin
Principle
Race
Reality
Religion
See
Sense
Use
Well
Will
Women
Word
You
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I agree that income disparity is the great issue of our time. It is even broader and more difficult than the civil rights issues of the 1960s. The '99 percent' is not just a slogan. The disparity in income has left the middle class with lowered, not rising, income, and the poor unable to reach the middle class.
~ Eleanor Holmes Norton
1960s
Agree
Broader
Civil
Civil Rights
Class
Difficult
Disparity
Even
Great
Income
Issue
Issues
Just
Left
Lowered
Middle
Middle Class
More
Our
Our Time
Percent
Poor
Reach
Rights
Rising
Slogan
Than
Time
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I am not among those who engage in nostalgia, because I think that locks you into a moment in time without thinking about where you are, what needs to be done now.
~ Eleanor Holmes Norton
About
Am
Among
Because
Done
Engage
I Am
I Think
Locks
Moment
Needs
Nostalgia
Now
Think
Thinking
Those
Time
Where
Who
Without
You
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I am proud to be an American, proud to represent 600,000 Americans, and proud to be in the only party pledged to make the District of Columbia the 51st state.
~ Eleanor Holmes Norton
Am
American
American
Columbia
District
I Am
Make
Only
Party
Pledged
Proud
Represent
State
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I don't for a moment believe that women have suffered the same kind of injustices that blacks have - women have never been enslaved. But still, many of the psychological and economic problems are the same.
~ Eleanor Holmes Norton
Been
Believe
Blacks
Economic
Economic Problems
Enslaved
Injustices
Kind
Many
Moment
Never
Problems
Psychological
Same
Still
Suffered
Women
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I went to Dunbar High School, recognized as the best high school of the segregated era. The education enabled students from Dunbar to attend the best colleges and universities in the country.
~ Eleanor Holmes Norton
Attend
Best
Colleges
Country
Education
Era
High
High School
Recognized
School
Segregated
Students
Universities
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My generation took on political equality. I believe young people, who have graduated into a poor economy, have an incentive to take on much tougher issues of income equality. If they show the leadership they have demonstrated in the last few elections, they can bring changes even greater than my generation achieved.
~ Eleanor Holmes Norton
Achieved
Believe
Bring
Changes
Economy
Elections
Equality
Even
Few
Generation
Graduated
Greater
I Believe
Incentive
Income
Issues
Last
Leadership
Much
My Generation
People
Political
Poor
Show
Take
Than
Took
Tougher
Who
Young
Young People
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That line, about half of somebody's supporters being deplorables, was maybe the worst line I've ever heard in politics. You never - even when you're running against a bunch of racists, you never take off against the voters. It was a politics 101 foible.
~ Eleanor Holmes Norton
About
Against
Being
Bunch
Even
Ever
Half
Heard
Line
Maybe
Never
Never Take
Off
Politics
Racists
Running
Somebody
Supporters
Take
Voters
Worst
You
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The broad brush of stereotyping is what least appeals to people of color.
~ Eleanor Holmes Norton
Appeals
Broad
Brush
Color
Least
People
Stereotyping
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We understand that in an open and democratic and free society, you cannot make yourself impenetrable, especially when there are more guns than there are people in the United States today.
~ Eleanor Holmes Norton
Cannot
Democratic
Free
Free Society
Guns
Make
More
Open
People
Society
States
Than
Today
Understand
United
United States
You
Yourself
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