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Former Mayor Of Detroit Inspirational Quotes (28)

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Religious freedom is too sacred a right to be restricted or prohibited in any degree without convincing proof that a legitimate interest of the state is in grave danger.
Frank Murphy
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I believe that nothing enjoys a higher estate in our society than the right given by the First and Fourteenth Amendments freely to practice and proclaim one's religious convictions.
Frank Murphy
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I know in the Christian church the old ladies use to say what the devil meant for bad God meant for good. So some of the things that I think they went out and tried to be detrimental to my life saved me in a lot of ways.
Kwame Kilpatrick
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My dream in growing up in the city of Detroit was to be Mayor. At the family picnics from the time I was 9-years-old that's what I told people I was going to be. The mayor of the city of Detroit.
Kwame Kilpatrick
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Personality is a person among persons. There is no personality of one man on a desert island.
Kwame Kilpatrick
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The number one reason I write is to come to schools and see my readers. I would do it for free.
Frank Murphy
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What I learned in politics (is that) it's a very enslaving place to be. It's hard to be free in politics and if the search for your spirit is to be free, it's hard.
Kwame Kilpatrick
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Racism is like high blood pressure—the person who has it doesn’t know he has it until he drops over with a God damned stroke. There are no symptoms of racism. The victim of racism is in a much better position to tell you whether or not you’re a racist than you are.
Coleman Young
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Freedom of speech, freedom of the press, and freedom of religion all have a double aspect - freedom of thought and freedom of action.
Frank Murphy
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I didn't want to be president I didn't want to be governor I didn't want to be a congress person. I just wanted to be mayor of the city of Detroit. I lived there my entire life.
Kwame Kilpatrick
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We do need brothers and sisters to go into elected offices and political offices and do that, but my spirit is telling me something different. Because you are a Democrat or Republican you have to do this but you can't do that and so it's somewhat limiting in what you can actually do and I've done that.
Kwame Kilpatrick
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This is the United States of America and unfortunately, race still matters to a lot of people. The evil head of racism doesn't hide, it sticks its head up.
Kwame Kilpatrick
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It can feel like an invasion of privacy, involving an employer in a personal matter.
Frank Murphy
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Liberty is too priceless to be forfeited through the zeal of an administrative agent.
Frank Murphy
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Courage is one step ahead of fear.
Coleman Young
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Character issues such as drug abuse are not exclusive to Detroit Public Schools. My reference to substance abuse, not intended to focus on any particular school district, was simply used to illustrate this position.
Kwame Kilpatrick
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We must take the profit out of prejudice.
Coleman Young
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I was never fearful or scared. I knew God had me and my wife and children knew it as well so we just marched.
Kwame Kilpatrick
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Michigan is very racially separated and the city of Detroit itself is 84 percent African-American and the surrounding suburbs are 86 percent White.
Kwame Kilpatrick
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Only by zealously guarding the rights of the most humble, the most unorthodox, and the most despised among us can freedom flourish and endure in our land.
Frank Murphy
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What is happening in Detroit is not good so I don't even want to be a part of that, but there is something on the other side that I may want to be a part of so I don't know yet.
Kwame Kilpatrick
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I heard somebody say that you can't judge a tree by the bark it wears but by the fruit it bears.
Kwame Kilpatrick
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There is no brilliant single stroke that is going to transform the water into wine or straw into gold.
Coleman Young
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We need to dream big dreams, propose grandoise means if we are to recapture the excitement, the vibrancy, and pride we once had.
Coleman Young
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