"From Augustine down, theologians have tried to compel people to accept their special interpretation of the Scripture, and the tortures of the inquisition, the rack, the thumb-screw, the stake, the persecutions of witchcraft, the whipping of naked women through the streets of Boston, banishment, trials of heresy, the halter about Garrison's neck, Lovejoy's death, the branding of Captain Walker, shouts of infidel and atheist, have all been for this purpose."

Source : Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Susan Brownell Anthony, Matilda Joslyn Gage (1979). “History of Woman Suffrage”, Ayer Company Pub

Matilda Joslyn Gage

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“Greatness is won, not awarded.”

Source : Guy Kawasaki (2011). “How to Drive Your Competition Crazy: Creating Disruption for Fun and Profit”, p.12, Hachette UK
“When I was in Vietnam with Jane Fonda, I was shooting a farmer in a field - just a pastoral scene. And while I was shooting him, an explosion occurred right - he blew up right in my lens, so to speak. And he had stepped on a landmine.”
“Students never think it can be the teacher's fault and so I thought I was stupid. I was frustrated and would come home and cry because I couldn't do it. Then we got a new teacher who made math accessible. That made all the difference and I learned that it's how you present it that makes it scary or friendly.”
“We must prepare ourselves to assist the missionaries in finding those of our Heavenly Father's children who will embrace the message of the Restoration.”
“I do get scared of the dentist, so a drive-through dentist might make me feel more at home. If I got to stay in my car.”
“She was far too busy living out a passionate romance with Jesus Christ to be pining after an earthly prince.”
“Women aren't the problem but the solution. The plight of girls is no more a tragedy than an opportunity.”

Source : Nicholas D. Kristof, Sheryl WuDunn (2009). “Half the Sky”, p.18, Vintage
“All the great naturalists have been habitual walkers, for no laboratory, no book, car, train or plane takes the place of honest footwork for this calling, be it amateur's or professional's.”

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