"All over this land women have no political existence. Laws pass over our heads that we can not unmake. Our property is taken fromus without our consent. The babes we bear in anguish and carry in our arms are not ours."

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Source : Speech as president of a national convention of the Woman's National Loyal League, May 14, 1863.

Lucy Stone

#Taken Quotes #Political Quotes #Existence Quotes

“God honors a beautiful blend of gift and grit! He gives the gift, and He expects us to have the grit to practice and learn how to use it effectively.”
“You give loyalty, you'll get it back.”

Source : "How To Stay Together In A World That Can’t Stop Breaking Up" by Laura Tong, www.huffingtonpost.com. June 14, 2016.
“There was a dull pang of regret because it was not the kiss of love which had inflamed her, because it was not love which had held this cup of life to her lips.”
“If present trends continue, our country may soon find itself far behind many other nations in both science and technology nations where, if you inform strangers that you are a mathematician, they respond with admiration and not by telling you how much they hated math in school, and how they sure could use you to balance their checkbooks.”
“People must take a modicum of public responsibility for each other even if they have no ties to each other.”

Source : Jane Jacobs (2016). “The Death and Life of Great American Cities”, p.82, Vintage
“Because beauty isn't enough, there must be something more.”
“Technology should do the hard work, so you can get on and live your life. We're only at one percent of what's possible, and we're moving slow relative to the opportunity we have.”
“The world doesn't need another clothing company. But it does need a certain funk.”

Source : "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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