"I never expect men to give us liberty. No, women, we are not worth it until we take it."

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Source : Eugenia C. DeLamotte, Voltairine De Cleyre (2004). “Gates of Freedom: Voltairine de Cleyre and the Revolution of the Mind”, p.249, University of Michigan Press

Voltairine de Cleyre

#Men Quotes #Giving Quotes #Liberty Quotes

“How little remains of the man I once was, save the memory of him! But remembering is only a new form of suffering.”
“It was a strange season coaching under that new [Alderson] regime. I felt like I was watching the deterioration of the Mets organization. They seemed to have no identity. My concern was that the character of the players they were looking for superseded the talent they brought to the table. Character on a team is important, but you've got to have the horses to win.”
“And not out of fear or loneliness, but only to find myself again... for we have come too far my Life, to turn back now.”
“Graphic design will save the world right after rock and roll does.”
“The universe and the Laws of Physics seem to have been specifically designed for us. If any one of about 40 physical qualities had more than slightly different values, life as we know it could not exist: Either atoms would not be stable, or they wouldn't combine into molecules, or the stars wouldn't form heavier elements, or the universe would collapse before life could develop, and so on...”
“The secret of happiness is freedom.”

Source : "History of the Peloponnesian War" by Thucydides, book II, 2.43,
“The most popular argument in all these papers was the assertion ... that Christianity had grown and prospered in spite of the opposition of the State.”
“Some feelings are stronger than fear: love, longing, desire.”

Source : Luanne Rice (2004). “Beach Girls”, p.20, Bantam

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