"The most disappointing feature of working for a cause is that so few people have a philosophy of life. We used to say, in the suffrage movement, that we could trust the woman who believed in suffrage, but we could never trust the woman who just wanted to vote."

-- Jeannette Rankin

#Philosophy Quotes #People Quotes #Movement Quotes

“I believe that Britain is becoming more class-conscious, and I quake at the very idea of Old Etonians ruling the world again.”
“Girls have to be strong to protect the men they love.”
“A good leader has a plan that consists of changing simple pictures. Just because a group of people has a bunch of boards, hammers, and nails does not mean that they are building a house or even anything recognizable. Sometimes leaders think they are doing their job just because there is a lot of hammering going on. As a society we like the sound of hammering, but we are uncomfortable with the sound of thinking, which is silence.”

Source : Laurie Beth Jones (1995). “Jesus, CEO: using ancient wisdom for visionary leadership”, Hyperion Books
“To love unconditionally requires no contracts, bargains or agreements.”
“For a man who has compared himself to Theodore Roosevelt and the nation's challenges to those of the Gilded Age, Obama put forward a tepid agenda.”
“My only goal is to make you laugh, not tell you the truth.”
“There's a certain kind of behavior in the Arab world that, to me, resembles the way young men behave when there is no significant influence from women in their lives.”
“Somehow I wasn't adding up right anymore. My parts weren't summing into myself.”

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