 Ability is stretched or stunted by the family that you live with, and the neighborhood you live in — by the school you go to and the poverty or the richness of your surroundings. It is the product of a hundred unseen forces playing upon the little infant,...  The Assault on Equalityby Peter Knapp - 1996 - 281 pagesNo preview available - About this book
 | United States. President (1963-1969 : Johnson) - 1965 - 950 pages
...their individual happiness. To this end equal opportunity is essential, but not enough, not enough. Men and women of all races are born with the same...the family that you live with, and the neighborhood you live in — by the school you go to and the poverty or the richness of your surroundings. It is... | |
 | James S. Fishkin - 1983 - 226 pages
...abilities," would require a transformation of a host of environmental factors. These include the family: Ability is not just the product of birth. Ability...the family that you live with, and the neighborhood you live in — by the school you go to and the poverty or richness of your surroundings. It is the... | |
 | James O. Freedman - 2001 - 198 pages
...question also ignores the incontestable fact that, as Lyndon B. Johnson said at Howard University in 1965, "ability is not just the product of birth. Ability is stretched or stunted by the family you live with, and the neighborhood you live in, by the school you go to and the poverty or richness... | |
 | Paul M. Ong - 1999 - 220 pages
...gates of opportunity. All of our Citizens must have the ability to walk through those gates. . . . Men and women of all races are born with the same...birth. Ability is stretched or stunted by the family you live with, . . . the neighborhood . . . the school . . . and the poverty or richness of your surroundings.... | |
 | Sharon Rush - 2000 - 220 pages
...examination of part of President Johnson's speech: [E]qual opportunity is essential, but not enough. Men and women of all races are born with the same...birth. Ability is stretched or stunted by the family you live with, and the neighborhoods you live in, by the school you go to and the poverty or the richness... | |
 | Stephen Steinberg - 2001 - 324 pages
...on problems of the black family. Johnson said: . . . equal opportunity is essential, but not enough. Men and women of all races are born with the same...birth. Ability is stretched or stunted by the family you live with, and the neighborhoods you live in, by the school you go to and the poverty or the richness... | |
 | John Fobanjong - 2001 - 212 pages
...happiness. To this end equal opportunity is essential, but not enough. Men and women of all races are bom with the same range of abilities. But ability is not just the product of birth. It is stretched or stunted by the family you live with, and the neighborhood you live in - by the school... | |
 | Andrea Guerrero - 2002 - 264 pages
...theory, but equality as a fact and as a result — Equal opportunity is essential, but not enough. Men and women of all races are born with the same...birth. Ability is stretched or stunted by the family you live with, and the neighborhood you live in, by the school you go to and the poverty or the richness... | |
 | Josh Gottheimer - 2003 - 576 pages
...their individual happiness. To this end equal opportunity is essential, but not enough, not enough. Men and women of all races are born with the same...the family that you live with, and the neighborhood you live in — by the school you go to and the poverty or the riclmess of your surroundings. It is... | |
 | Don T. Nakanishi, James S. Lai, James Siu-Fong Lai - 2003 - 502 pages
...gates of opportunity. All of our citizens must have the ability to walk through those gates. . . . Men and women of all races are born with the same...birth. Ability is stretched or stunted by the family you live with, . . . the neighborhood . . . the school . . . and the poverty or richness of your surroundings.... | |
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