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All Quotes by author - Harold Washington

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

" Business as usual will not be accepted by any part of this city. "

" Chicago is one city. We shall work as one people for our common good and our common goals. "

" I am not interested in splitting the white vote. "

" I want to be a mayor who helped, really helped. "

" Let's not be overconfident, we still have to count the votes. "

" Our concern is to heal. Our concern is to bring together. "

" 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. "

" The third fallacy is that affirmative action doesn't work. "

Affirmative Action

" 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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