8 Eleanor Holmes Norton Quotes for You to Enjoy

Eleanor Holmes Norton

American Politician

Born: Jun 13, 1937

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Affirmative action is the most important antidiscrimination technique ever instituted in the United States. It is the one tool that has had a demonstrable effect on discrimination... Affirmative action, by all statistical measures, has been the central ingredient to the creation of the black middle class. Eleanor Holmes Norton

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There is no reason to repeat bad history. Eleanor Holmes Norton

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If diversity is what is a central value in every selective university in the United States, then it ought to be seen as a compelling interest by the Supreme Court. Eleanor Holmes Norton

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That line, about half of somebody's supporters being deplorables, was maybe the worst line I've ever heard in politics. You never - even when you're running against a bunch of racists, you never take off against the voters. It was a politics 101 foible. Eleanor Holmes Norton

I am not among those who engage in nostalgia, because I think that locks you into a moment in time without thinking about where you are, what needs to be done now. Eleanor Holmes Norton

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As commissioner, I will attempt to see that no man is judged by the irrational criteria of race, religion, or national origin. And I assure you, I use the word 'man' in the generic sense, for I mean to see that the principle of nondiscrimination becomes a reality for women as well. Eleanor Holmes Norton

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