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Eleanor Holmes Norton Quotes

born 1937 United States

Eleanor Holmes Norton (born June 13, 1937) is a member of the United States House of Representatives but is not a full voting member. She is a Delegate to Congress representing the District of Columbia, a position which carries more limited voting powers compared to full House members.

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As a young constitutional lawyer, I was put to the first amendment test when I was called on to defend racists and neo-Nazis. I really had no choice. Surely now we know that none of us do. Free speech is unequivocal, unpolitical, and indivisible.

Congressman David Dreier: Will the gentlewoman yield?
Norton: I will not yield, sir! The District of Columbia has spent two hundred and six years yielding!

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Eleanor Holmes Norton (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.