16 Quotes by Morris Dees

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    When we got into this case, ranchers all along the border were allowing these types to come on their property, ... Now, they're very leery of it, especially when they see someone loosing their ranch because of it.

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    That's the problem that we're facing. And it's not just in the area of racial prejudice; it's in the area of gender, the area of sexual preferences.

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    We have a lot of systemic, built-in bias and prejudice ? not just against race, but against those others who are different than the majority of us in this country.

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    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.

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

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    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.

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