Politics is not perfect but it's the best available nonviolent means of changing how we live.
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Behind closed doors they had what were legendary battles I hear but when the doors opened there was absolute unity. Not a crack could be found. No separation whatsoever. They were locked together for the good of the community.Maynard Jackson
You've got to change attitudes about investing in black neighborhoods, ... It's beginning to catch on.
Maynard Jackson
It's not worthy of an apology, ... Listen -- we've got to stop being too picky about this stuff. There is an understanding, by the way, that phrase has a history to it and is not comfortable, but there was no intent here, no animus whatsoever. I encourage everybody to forget it.
Maynard Jackson
This is a situation, in my opinion, where Terry is accustomed to saying African-American. His script writers wrote in 'people of color.' He's trying to go from memory and got confused and said
Maynard Jackson
If you don't like affirmative action, what is your plan to guarantee a level playing field of opportunity?
Maynard Jackson
I ran because I became convinced after King was shot and killed, and Martin Luther King was one of the great heroes of my life, that politics is not perfect but it's the best available nonviolent means of changing how we live. If we don't like how we live
Maynard Jackson
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