"I thought I had been a suffragist before I became a Poor Law Guardian, but now I began to think about the vote in women's hands not only as a right but as a desperate necessity."

-- Emmeline Pankhurst

#Thinking Quotes #Law Quotes #Hands Quotes

“The true religion, it is said, is service to mankind; but this service seems to take the form of securing for him an unconditional victory over nature. Now this attitude is impious, for, as has been noted, it violates the belief that creation or nature is fundamentally good, that the ultimate reason for its laws is a mystery, and that acts of defiance such as are daily celebrated by the newspapers are subversive of cosmos.”
“So I went to Chicago in 1940, I think, '41, and the photographs that I made there, aside from fashion, were things that I was trying to express in a social conscious way.”
“Livin' la Vida Loca' is not Latin music. It does not represent Latin music.”

Source : "Latin Music Explosion Celebrated in Latin Grammies". WorldBeat with Serena Yang, www.cnn.com. September 17, 200.
“Here's what is truly at the heart of wholeheartedness: Worthy now, not if, not when, we're worthy of love and belonging now. Right this minute. As is.”
“In distinguishing between Islamic teachings and social taboos, we must remember that Islam forbids injustice; Injustice against people, against nations, against women. It shuns race, color, and gender as a basis of distinction amongst fellowmen. It enshrines piety as the sole criteria for judging humankind.”

Source : Benazir Bhutto, Pakistan. Directorate of Films & Publications (2008). “Speeches and Statements: Oct. 1993-Nov. 1996”
“I may not believe in life after death, but what a gift it is to be alive now.”
“On the days I'm pitching, it's almost a coin flip as to know if the guys behind me are going to be there to play 100%.”
“Victims of oppression & injustice don't need our spasm of passion....they need our legs & lungs of endurance.”

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