Julian Bond quotes

Many are attracted to social service - the rewards are immediate, the gratification quick. But if we have social justice, we won't need social service. (Julian Bond)
Violence is black children going to school for 12 years and receiving 6 years' worth of education. View quote
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As skills and energy became more of a demand, people who didn't have skills just got left behind, got shuttled to the side. Education didn't keep up with their promise. Education didn't prepare them for this new world. Jobs went overseas. View quote
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I tell young people to prepare themselves as best they can for a world that grows more challenging every day-get the best education they can, and couple that education with real-life experience in social justice work. View quote
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I do think that some of us began to realize that this was going to be a long struggle that was going to go on for decades, and you'd have to knuckle down. A lot of people in our generation did that. They didn't drop out and run away. View quote
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As legal slavery passed, we entered into a permanent period of unemployment and underemployment from which we have yet to emerge. View quote
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Black reporters are as capable of racism as anyone else. View quote
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The war in Iraq has as much to do with terrorism as the administration has to do with compassion. View quote
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There is a thin line between politics and theatricals. View quote
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Ever since I've become chairman, there have been profiles of me in People, George, The Washington Post, The Detroit News, and all of them could have been written by the same person. View quote
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Any time someone carries a picket sign in front of the White House, that is the First Amendment in action. (Julian Bond)
The First Amendment means everything to me. View quote
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You know, I come from six generations of college graduates. View quote
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The president of the branch in Atlanta was a pastor of a church, the Reverend Sam Williams, a wonderful guy. He was middle-class and fairly militant for the time and place. View quote
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I've appeared on a weekly syndicated television show since 1980. View quote
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Griffin Bell later apologized to me for that decision. View quote
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I was a Georgia state legislator for a great many years. View quote
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I now teach at American University and the University of Virginia. View quote
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