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Jews lie as reflexively and unthinkingly as humans breathe. — Alex Linder

In the drug war, the enemy is racially defined. The — Michelle Alexander

I fear there will be no future for those who do not change. — Louis L'Amour

In Chicago (as in other cities across the United States), young black men are more likely to go to prison than to college. — Michelle Alexander

The American Dilemma, — Michelle Alexander

African Americans constituted only 15 percent of current drug users in 1995, and they constitute roughly the same percentage today. — Michelle Alexander

Under the new law, drug busts motivated by the desire to seize cash, cars, homes, and other property are still perfectly legal. — Michelle Alexander

Any racial justice movement, to be successful, must vigorously challenge the public consensus that underlies the prevailing system of control. Nooses, — Michelle Alexander

The majority of black women are unmarried today, including 70 percent of professional black women. — Michelle Alexander

A second wife is hateful to the children of the first; a viper is not more hateful. — Euripides

People of color are actually no more likely to be guilty of drug crimes and many other offenses than whites. — Michelle Alexander

Mass incarceration is the most pressing racial justice issue of our time. — Michelle Alexander

There are some things that, if you say them out loud, will hurt the other person's feelings. I tend to say them anyway. It's better to be honest. — Katherine Heigl

The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness — Michelle Alexander

You'd learn more about the world by lying on the couch and drinking gin out of a bottle than by watching the news. — Garrison Keillor

I am writing this book for people like me -- the person I was ten years ago. — Michelle Alexander

Michelle Tafoya - best NFL sideline reporter - period. She is always prepared and professional. — Megan Alexander

Most of these stops and searches are futile. It has been estimated that 95 percent of Pipeline stops yield no illegal drugs. — Michelle Alexander

Take what is offered and that must sometimes be enough. — Richard K. Morgan

Nothing has contributed more to the systematic mass incarceration of people of color in the United States than the War on Drugs — Michelle Alexander

Service was practically — Michelle Alexander

President Bush threw out the first pitch Monday at Cincinnati's great American ball park. 18 Iraqis were killed. — Amy Poehler

Father Wolf ran out a few paces and heard Shere Khan — Rudyard Kipling

The prevailing caste system cannot be successfully dismantled with a purely race-neutral approach. To — Michelle Alexander

My family and relatives alone could fill Shanmukhananda Hall in Bombay. — Zubin Mehta

All people make mistakes. All of us are sinners. All of us are criminals. All of us violate the law at some point in our lives. In — Michelle Alexander

Most people assume the War on Drugs was launched in response to the crisis caused by crack cocaine in inner-city neighborhoods. — Michelle Alexander

Challenging mass incarceration requires something civil rights advocates have long been reluctant to do: advocacy on behalf of criminals. Even — Michelle Alexander

If you stopped yourself every single time you were about to say, "I have to" and changed it to "I get to," it might change your entire experience. — Kristin Armstrong

I asked Sunny if she would ever consider dating you. She said she would rather give birth to a porcupine on fire. — Jerry Lawler

You can teach a bear to tango on a barrel but his enthusiasm and performance are limited and brief. — Lionel Tiger

Downright ridiculous legislation (such as laws specifically prohibiting blacks and whites from playing chess together). — Michelle Alexander