Marc Morial
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Podcast Appearances
And I know now what I didn't know then and that it was being poured into my being.
I think it's about economic justice.
Uh, it's, it's about, uh,
equality of opportunity.
It is about people having a life of dignity,
prosperity, and the ability to use their God-given talent.
That is what motivates me.
That's been my life's work.
Whether government has been a vehicle to accomplish it, whether civil rights has been a vehicle to accomplish it, whether my private law practice, where I represented a wide range of people and institutions, is a vehicle to accomplish it.
That's what really
really energizes and animates me.
And I've got a special affinity for the youth, a special affinity for young people, because my career politically particularly was I was always the youngest guy in the room.
I had an early start.
I got elected when I was young.
I was the youngest.
Cleo Fields and I served in the state Senate together back in the 90s, early, mid-90s.
And he and I were the youngest guys in the U.S.
Senate.
I mean, rather than in the Louisiana State Senate.
I got elected mayor at 35.