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What is our greatest enemy? Segregation. ↗

— Major Owens

#greatest #our #segregation

But most distinctly, I remember always saying to myself that when I get big, I'm not going to go to bed hungry, I'm not going to wear hand-me-down clothes. ↗

— Buck Owens

#bed #big #clothes #distinctly #get

I let my feet spend as little time on the ground as possible. From the air, fast down, and from the ground, fast up. ↗

— Jesse Owens

#down #fast #feet #ground #i

People didn't always see a person with a disability who had to use a ramp or elevator as people who have been given unnecessary privileges. But I run into that often now. People are saying, 'Why do we have to go to great expense for these people?' ↗

— Major Owens

#been #disability #elevator #expense #given

He testified that when you looked at it through the eyes of 'let's do it,' the costs were very small. They were less than they'd had to spend to host a convention of transportation executives. The cost was not that great. ↗

— Major Owens

#cost #costs #executives #eyes #great

I have a great deal of respect and admiration for people who put themselves on the line. ↗

— Major Owens

#deal #great #great deal #i #line

It was the best route to get folks to understand segregation fast. Civil rights and women's rights had a clear history. Making the transition to rights for people with disabilities became easier because we had the history of the other two. ↗

— Major Owens

#because #best #civil #civil rights #clear

Technology tools such as laptops are the kind of help that we need. A program that provides laptops for all youngsters would close a gap that most of us are not aware of, or will not admit to, which is a tremendous gap in the poor communities. ↗

— Major Owens

#aware #close #communities #gap #help

We hope that the elected officials will respond positively to a ground swell of letters, phone calls, e-mails and visits from parents. The law clearly states that the responsibility for giving a sound basic education to our children lies with New York State. ↗

— Major R. Owens

#calls #children #clearly #e-mails #education

You never know what a person is going through, regardless of how much money they make or however great a life you think they're living. ↗

— Terrell Owens

#great #how #however #know #life