Jimmy John Liautaud Quotes
Money has no feelings.
Solomon, Brian. "The Sandwich King: How Jimmy John Liautaud Built A $2 Billion Sub Empire." Forbes, 24 Sept. 2014.
This famous address was called his “Atlanta Compromise.” Discrimination against Blacks throughout the South and some of the North was rampant with most Blacks unable to make a decent living or partake of social amenities even if they had earned some money. There was pressure from Blacks for social and economic equality. Washington signaled in this address that Black leadership of the day would forgo their efforts to obtain social equality—symbolized by attending the opera which was for all white audiences—if the society would make gradual and steady progress at eliminating the economic equality. Other Black leaders saw this as a sell-out. See Du Bois {625802}.
The sense of the word affair is the general purpose, and Smith was referring to the fact when he investigated any proposed or implemented public scheme or law, there was an objective of someone obtaining money as a consequence. As journalists say in covering politics, “follow the money.”
James John Liautaud is the founder and former chairman of Jimmy John's sandwich chain.
