Tag: George W. Bush

  • Adjusting the Race Lottery

    Adjusting the Race Lottery

    Affirmative Action and Legacy Admissions Remember that you are an Englishman, and have consequently won first prize in the lottery of life. ― Cecil Rhodes, 1853-1902 While reading Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates in 2016 I thought about the advantages of being born in America and not a third world country, and being born white.…

  • Bush and the Iraq War

    Bush and the Iraq War

    Collected Quotes July 2, 2003 If you’re interested in peace, if you want people to grow up in a peaceful world, all parties must do everything they can to reject and stop violence. 53In response to a Tel Aviv bus bombing (September 19, 2002)  If you want to keep the peace, you’ve got to have the…