"The Constitution they wrote was designed to protect the rights of white, male citizens. As there were no black Founding Fathers, there were no founding mothers -- a great pity, on both counts. It is not too late to complete the work they left undone. Today, here, we should start to do so."

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Source : Congressional Record, 91st Cong., 2d Sess, 116, pt. 21: (28028-28029), August 10, 1970.

Shirley Chisholm

#Mother Quotes #Father Quotes #Rights Quotes

“She is everything. And if she is everything, maybe that's answer enough.”
“No matter what lens you use, no matter what speed the film, no matter how you develop it, no matter how you print it, you cannot say more than you can see.”
“When I first started talking about gay marriage, most people in the gay community looked at me as if I was insane or possibly a fascist reactionary.”
“And then you take a look at Spaces, there is this great innovation that came out of nowhere. We have the number one blogging site in the world because of the innovation that's there.”
“I never understood the theory, once popular among doctors, that blamed mental disorders on too little or too much mother love. My own mother was my darling.”
“Style and taste do not have anything to do with the other. It's the difference between wit and humor.”

Source : Source: classic.esquire.com
“Mistakes can't be erased, but they move you from your present position.”
“If you work on anything long enough hopefully you’ll get better and I feel like we’re just growing.”

Source : "Chosen One: Sharon Van Etten". Interview with Mark Carry, fracturedair.com. February 11, 2015.

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