 You do not take a person who for years has been hobbled by chains and liberate him, bring him up to the starting line of a race and then say, "you are free to compete with all the others," and still justly believe that you have been completely fair.  School Choice: Why You Need It--how You Get it - Page 4by David Harmer - 1994 - 203 pagesLimited preview - About this book
 | United States. President (1963-1969 : Johnson) - Presidents - 1965 - 950 pages
...saying: Now you are free to go where you want, and do as you desire, and choose the leaders you please. You do not take a person who, for years, has been hobbled by chains and liberate him, bring him up to the starting line of a race and then say, "you are free to compete... | |
 | United States. Congress. Joint Economic Committee - Boston (Mass.) - 1977 - 154 pages
...address to the graduating class of 1965 at Howard University. He said : But freedom is not enough. You do not take a person who for years, has been hobbled by chains and liberate him, bring him to the starting line of a race and then say, "You are free to compete with... | |
 | Abdulqawi Yusuf - Law - 1982 - 216 pages
...President Johnson of the US expressed the issue in the following words during the Civil Rights campaign: You do not take a person who, for years has been hobbled by chains and liberate him, bring him up to the starting line of a race and then say you are free to compete... | |
 | James S. Fishkin - Philosophy - 1983 - 226 pages
...must realize background fairness in the conditions for acquiring the abilities measured in the race: You do not take a person who, for years, has been hobbled by chains and liberate him, bring him up to the starting line of a race and then say, "you are free to compete... | |
 | Jennifer L. Hochschild, Joseph Hochschild - Education - 1984 - 284 pages
...the argument that desegregation calls only for ending de jure segregation: Freedom is not enough — You do not take a person who, for years, has been hobbled by chains and liberate him, bring him up to the starting line of a race and then say, "You are free to compete... | |
 | Robert K. Fullinwider, Claudia Mills - Philosophy - 1986 - 220 pages
...the moral issue put so ably by President Lyndon Johnson in his 1965 Howard University speech remains: You do not take a person who, for years, has been hobbled by chains and liberate him, bring him up to the starting line of a race and then say, "You are free to compete... | |
 | Walter A. Jackson - History - 1994 - 476 pages
...saying: Now you are free to go where you want, do as you desire, and choose the leaders you please. "You do not take a person who, for years, has been hobbled by chains and liberate him, bring him up to the starting line of a race and then say, 'you are free to compete... | |
 | Linda M. Blum - Business & Economics - 1991 - 268 pages
...wipe out scars of centuries by saying, "Now you're free to go where you want and do as you desire." You do not take a person who for years has been hobbled by chains and liberate him, bring him up to the starting line of a race, and then say "You're free to compete,"... | |
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