Morris Dees Quotes

#1. We're playing those mind games together, pushing the barriers, planting seeds, playing the mind guerilla.

John Lennon

#2. Without public pressure from caring people, our lawsuits will not be enough to stop this widespread abuse.

Morris Dees

#3. A lot has happened since Dr. King left us. He probably wouldn't recognize the landscape if he saw it, but I still believe he would still have the same spiritual faith and also faith in us as people - not only people in our nation, but people in the world.

Morris Dees

#4. Men seldom act from a correct sense of what may be harmful or useful to them.

Giacomo Leopardi

#5. In the days of the frost seek an minor sun.

Loren Eiseley

#6. If I told you what we were doing there, I would have to kill you.

Morris Dees

#7. life is like a pencil,whenever it breaks you sharpen it again,that's how life is.

Elizabeth Buah

#8. What a privilege to be here on the planet to contribute your unique donation to humankind. Each face in the rainbow of colors that populate our world is precious and special.

Morris Dees

#9. What the Nazis did to the Jews in Europe, plantation owners and law enforcement [officers] were doing to the African-Americans.

Morris Dees

#10. Change before you're forced to change.

Roger Goodell

#11. Holding someone's hand was always my idea of joy.

Clarice Lispector

#12. It's hard to think what should make your blood boil more - what happened to Billy Ray or what didn't happen to those who abused him. It's something we can't ignore.

Morris Dees

#13. She was in a difficult position being the widow of a great American hero, a role that carried high expectations but she did a credible job of continuing Dr King's dream especially in the face of a changing and often hostile American public.

Morris Dees

#14. When he said we were trying to make a fool of him, I could only murmur that the Creator had beat us to it.

Ilka Chase

#15. Rarely in my 45 years as a civil rights lawyer have I been so angry about an injustice as I am about what happened to Billy Ray Johnson.

Morris Dees

#16. I like playing frisbee. It is the only sport where you can throw something at a person and it's okay.

Demetri Martin

#17. I can assure you the hemorrhaging has stopped. I asked remaining caucus members if they adhered to the party program, if they would stay in the PQ and that they would be by my side. They all said yes.

Pauline Marois

#18. The focus of tolerance education is to deal with the concept of equality and fairness. We need to establish confidence with children that there is more goodness than horror in this world.

Morris Dees

#19. Our supporters can send the message that it's wrong for politically connected corporations to make millions while people doing an honest day's work are being cheated out of an honest day's pay.

Morris Dees

#20. You do stand alone sometimes. But my mother stood by me through all this.

Morris Dees