The rights of every man are diminished when the rights of one man are threatened.
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Create Personalise WishesThe Chinese use two brush strokes…
The Chinese use two brush strokes to write the word ‘crisis.’ One brush stroke stands for danger; the other for opportunity. In a crisis, be aware of the danger–but recognize the opportunity.
12In the present case it is a little…
In the present case it is a little inaccurate to say I hate everything. I am strongly in favor of common sense, common honesty and common decency. This makes me forever ineligible to any public office of trust or profit in the Republic. But I do not repine, for I am a subject of it only by force of arms.
17If, after I depart this vale, you…
If, after I depart this vale, you ever remember me and have thought to please my ghost, forgive some sinner and wink your eye at some homely girl.
17The most dangerous man to any government…
The most dangerous man to any government is the man who is able to think things out for himself, without regard to the prevailing superstitions and taboos. Almost inevitably he comes to the conclusion that the government he lives under is dishonest, insane, and intolerable…
18An idealist is one who, on noticing…
An idealist is one who, on noticing that a rose smells better than a cabbage, concludes that it makes a better soup.
16Every normal man must be tempted
Every normal man must be tempted, at times, to spit on his hands, hoist the black flag, and begin slitting throats
17A man should hear a little music
I myself cried when I got angry…
I myself cried when I got angry, then became unable to explain why I was angry in the first place. Later I would discover this was endemic among female human beings. Anger is supposed to be “unfeminine” so we suppress it -until it overflows. I could see that not speaking up made my mother feel worse. This was my first hint of the truism that depression is anger turned inward; thus women are twice as likely to be depressed. My mother paid a high price for caring so much, yet being able to do so little about it. In this way, she led me toward am activist place where she herself could never go.
406You’re always the person you were when you were born…
You’re always the person you were when you were born,” she says impatiently. “You just keep finding new ways to express it.
18Writing is the only thing that when I do it…
so whatever you want to do, just do it…
Any woman who chooses to behave like…
Any woman who chooses to behave like a full human being should be warned that the armies of the status quo will treat her as something of a dirty joke . . . She will need her sisterhood.
400Feminism has never been about getting…
Feminism has never been about getting a job for one woman. It’s about making life more fair for women everywhere. It’s not about a piece of the existing pie; there are too many of us for that. It’s about baking a new pie.
390We’ve begun to raise daughters more like sons…
We’ve begun to raise daughters more like sons… but few have the courage to raise our sons more like our daughters.
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