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"Chicago is one city. We shall work as one people for our common good and our common goals."
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"A serious and good philosophical work could be written consisting entirely of jokes."

"It is necessary to work, if not from inclination, at least from despair. Everything considered, work is less boring than amusing oneself."

"There is but one way for a president to deal with Congress, and that is continuously, incessantly, and without interruption. If it is really going to work, the relationship has got to be almost incestuous."
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"That fallacy flies in the face of studies that show, every day, in every way, things are getting a little worse for America's minorities relative to the progress made by those in the top percentiles of assets and income."

"Affirmative action works but we're going to need to muster all our political resources if we are to keep it in place."

"Throughout American history many of our social gains and much of our progress toward democracy were made possible by the active intervention of the federal government."

"What is so remarkable about the success of affirmative action is that it has been accomplished despite the Justice Department and the policies of the federal government."
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