I empathize with those who yearn for a simpler world, for some bygone golden age of domestic and ... - Shirley Hufstedler

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Where you are is a result of who you were, but where you go depends entirely on who you choose to be.

Shirley Hufstedler

I empathize with those who yearn for a simpler world, for some bygone golden age of domestic and international tranquility. But for the mass of humanity it is an age that never was.

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The role of the teacher remains the highest calling of a free people. To the teacher, America entrusts her most precious resource, her children; and asks that they be prepared. . . to face the rigors of individual participation in a democratic society.

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The rhythm of life is intricate but orderly, tenacious but fragile. To keep that in mind is to build the key to survival.

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But for poor black people and working-class black people, it is a much more difficult way to go. The over-incarceration of black people is just intolerable. When you look at the disparity in terms of education and access to fair schooling, it is horrible. If this would happen to white people in this country, it would not be tolerated.

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