"The strongest reason why we ask for woman a voice in the government under which she lives; in the religion she is asked to believe; equality in social life, where she is the chief factor; a place in the trades and professions, where she may earn her bread, is because of her birthright to self-sovereignty; because, as an individual, she must rely on herself."

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Source : Speech before Senate Judiciary Committee, 18 Jan. 1892

Elizabeth Cady Stanton

#Believe Quotes #Individualism Quotes #Reason Quotes

“The beast for me is greed. Whether you read Dante, Swift, or any of these guys, it always boils down to the same thing: the corruption of the soul.”
“Talent is long patience.”
“I need to not be scared of not having someone there to back me up. I just need to tackle things on my own. I feel like I have the power in me to make it work.”

Source : Source: www.justjared.com
“Creativity has more to do with the elimination of the inessential than with inventing something new.”
“We work super hard to not have to work”
“The preservation of our national security and the laws that define us as the United States of America demand that we understand the intersection of the two - indeed, how they reinforce one another.”

Source : "Strengthening our Security by Adhering to our Values and Laws". John O. Brennan's Speech at Harvard Law School in Cambridge, Massachusetts, obamawhitehouse.archives.gov. September 16, 2011.
“Every event that a man would master must be mounted on the run, and no man ever caught the reins of a thought except as it galloped past him.”
“My most prized possession was my lanyard of Lip Smackers I tore it out of the confines of the paper package, which read â€œall the flavor of being a girl.â€.. In the car, I draped the black lanyard around my neck with a single green plastic balm dangling. I proudly dangled my girlhood in all its fruitiness. It cost only $2.99.”

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