Laws are never as effective as habits. The fight for equal rights must go on every day in our own souls and consciences, in our schools and our churches and our homes, in our factories and our offices — as well as in our city councils, our state legislatures and our national Congress.

Adlai Stevenson (1900–1965) American diplomat, statesman

Speech (1952-08-28), “Faith in Liberalism,” State Committee of the Liberal Party, New York City
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