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In the end no segregationist scheme has withstood the force of a s

In the end no segregationist scheme has withstood the force of a simple idea: equality under law. – Eric Liu

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Many smart folks seem to think that if you just get your metaphors and messages right, youll win. That if you start describing what you favor as a moral value – affordable health care is a moral value etc., – then youll appeal to red-state voters. – Eric Liu

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Health
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Throughout this countrys history there have of course been systematic efforts to create an official underclass. – Eric Liu

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History
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Have you ever watched someone become American? Last week, at a national citizenship conference I organize, thirty immigrants from 17 countries swore an oath and became citizens of the United States. It was a stirring experience for the hundreds of people in the room. – Eric Liu

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Experience
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Democracy not only requires equality but also an unshakable conviction in the value of each person, who is then equal. – Jeane Kirkpatrick

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Then not only custom, but also nature affirms that to do is more disgraceful than to suffer injustice, and that justice is equality. – Plato

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Democracy does not guarantee equality of conditions – it only guarantees equality of opportunity. – Irving Kristol

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Who sees all beings in his own Self, and his own Self in all beings, loses all fear. – Isa Upanishad

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