"Marriage ... is still the imperfect institution it must remain while women continue to be ill-educated, passive, and subservient ..."

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Source : Harriet Martineau (1837). “Society in America”, p.120

Harriet Martineau

#Imperfect Quotes #Institutions Quotes #Inequality Quotes

“When angels visit earth, the messengers Of God's decree, they come as lightning, wind: Before the throne, they all are living fire.”

Source : Emma Lazarus (2002). “Emma Lazarus: Selected Poems and Other Writings”, p.236, Broadview Press
“Gaza will become part of sovereign Israel and will be populated by Jews. This will also serve to ease the housing crisis in Israel”
“After puberty the personality develops impetuously and all extraneous intervention becomes odious.... Now it so happens that parents feel the responsibility towards their children precisely during this second period, when it is too late.”
“All we really need is this technique of Transcendental Meditation, which allows any human being to easily and effortlessly transcend. When you get this technique of Transcendental Meditation, stay regular in your meditation twice a day and you will begin to rapidly unfold your full potential as a human being and see life get better and better and better.”
“I think generally playing live is a crap idea. So much of stage work is the presentation of personality, and I've never been interested in that.”
“Being alone makes us stronger. Thatâ€™s the honest truth. But itâ€™s cold comfort, since even if I wanted company no one will come near me anymore.”
“By the time you get a job, you know how to behave in a meeting or how to write a simple memo.”
“A confidence problem exists on the part of the people of the region who desire democratic rule in principle, but remain suspicious of both the fashion with which democratization is presented and the purposes of the democratic world.”

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