Harold Washington Quotes

Throughout American history many of our social gains and much of our progress toward democracy were made possible by the active intervention of the federal government.

Harold Washington

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: politician
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: April 15, 1922 - November 25, 1987

Topics

HistoryProgressGovernmentDemocracy

To make us a terrorist target in a region that is full of terrorism is dumb and unforgiveable.

John Hewson

TargetDumbTerrorismUsMakeFull

I think the suicides in my first book came from the idea of growing up in Detroit. If you grow up in a city like that you feel everything is perishing, evanescent and going away very quickly.

Jeffrey Eugenides

CityGrowing UpBookThinkGrowYou

The security fence is reversible. Human lives are irreversible.

Silvan Shalom

FenceSecurityHumanLives

If a brand genuinely wants to make a social contribution, it should start with who they are, not what they do. For only when a brand has defined itself and its core values can it identify causes or social responsibility initiatives that are in alignment with its authentic brand story.

Simon Mainwaring

ResponsibilityStartStoryBrand

As a writer, I can't be a heroic sword fighter like General Dumas, but I can rescue someone who's been taken out of history by using my writing to bring them back.

Tom Reiss

HistoryWritingSomeoneBackI Can

I sang opera, I sang show tunes. I got into a rock band for a while. I've sung a lot of different things.

Tom Wopat

RockBandOperaThingsDifferent

Baking is one of my many hobbies. I was originally introduced to baking as a child by my grandmother. I continued to bake for friends and family throughout the years for special occasions. I began to create themed treats after receiving continued requests from a lot of my friends.

Rosanna Pansino

FamilyFriends And FamilyChildYears

If you don't think you want to go on a train and read the paper every day and work from nine to six at night, there was something about the uncertainty when I was younger which was very attractive.

Ron Silver

WorkDayNightUncertaintyThinkGo

When you're not part of a club, you have to find another way of surviving.

Mika

YouFindWaySurvivingClubPart

Everything's connected, and everything has meaning if you look for it.

Michelle Williams

MeaningYouLookConnected

Minorities often feel like they are on the outside looking in when it comes to the Valley and tech start-ups in general.

Michael Seibel

LookingFeelOutsideValleyTech

Citizens, regardless of their political inclinations, carry a devout sense of their shared culture and its temperament - and, having contributed to it all their lives, hold decent and reasonable hopes for its continued integrity.

Michael Leunig

IntegrityCulturePoliticalHold

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