Jack Schlossberg Quotes

Jack Schlossberg

Profession : Celebrity

Birth : January 19, 1993

All too often our leaders shrink from their responsibilities and choose to do what is politically expedient.

Jack Schlossberg

Studying my grandfather's life and legacy has shown me what it takes to be a good public servant. Curiosity. Compassion for others. Humility. Determination to stand tall for your beliefs in the face of opposition. No one believed these things more than my grandfather.

Jack Schlossberg

The Profile in Courage Award recognizes elected officials who choose to do what is right, not what is easy, so that we might learn from their example. Each time we give the award, we bear witness to the past for the sake of the future.

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The civil rights movement didn't end on August 6, 1965. It continued because the work of creating a truly equal country never ends.

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Racism plagued America throughout the '60s, into the '70s, through the '80s; it continued in the '90s and in the first decade of the new millennium; and it persists today.

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Politics definitely interests me.

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I'm most interested in public service. I think that's something that I got from being part of my family, which is such an honor.

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I'm inspired by my family's legacy of public service. It's something that I'm very proud of.

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Throughout his presidency, my grandfather made it clear that he alone could fix nothing; that he alone had no answers. He had the courage to plainly admit America's shortcomings, to then lay out bold plans to address those problems and to ask his fellow Americans for help in solving them.

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I am the Rock's greatest fan.

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I do love a good salad, so Sweetgreen has been great. But my favorite Cambridge restaurant overall is Darwin's - that's the greatest restaurant of all time.

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I'm not sure what I want to do - business, law, something else.

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I don't know what I'm going to do with my law degree. Hopefully I'll get the law degree - that's the first step.

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I always wanted a brother.

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Democrats should never publicly criticize Obama.

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In 2008, I was inspired by President Obama's vision for America and all the promises that he laid out for our country.

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I will support my mother in anything she does, I love her so much.

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Most of the Republican Party denies climate change and has fought all efforts to address it.

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In 'Profiles in Courage,' my grandfather, John F. Kennedy, praised leadership that put country above party, elevated principles over petty politics and promoted progress before personal interests.

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If the Kennedys had been barred from entering America after fleeing Ireland during the famine, my grandfather never would have been president.

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