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Hannah Arendt: Only the mob...

Hannah Arendt: Only the mob...

Only the mob and the elite can be attracted by the momentum of totalitarianism itself. The masses have to be won by...

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Margaret Thatcher: Look at a...

Margaret Thatcher: Look at a...

Look at a day when you are supremely satisfied at the end. It's not a day when you lounge around doing nothing. It's...

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Edith Clara Summerskill: I learned that...

Edith Clara Summerskill: I learned that...

I learned that economics was not an exact science and that the most erudite men would analyze the economic ills of the...

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Marguerite de Valois: A woman of...

Marguerite de Valois: A woman of...

A woman of honor should never suspect another of things she would not do herself.

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Marguerite Yourcenar: The memory of...

Marguerite Yourcenar: The memory of...

The memory of most men is an abandoned cemetery where lie, unsung and unhonored, the dead whom they have ceased to...

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Eliza Wood Burhans Farnham: Our own theological...

Eliza Wood Burhans Farnham: Our own theological...

Our own theological Church, as we know, has scorned and vilified the body till it has seemed almost a reproach and a...

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Josephine St Pierre Ruffin: [W]e need to...

Josephine St Pierre Ruffin: [W]e need to...

[W]e need to talk over not only those things which are of vital importance to us as women, but also the things that...

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Jeannette Rankin: We're half the...

Jeannette Rankin: We're half the...

We're half the people; we should be half the Congress.

Source: Calling for more...

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Susan Faludi: The demand that...

Susan Faludi: The demand that...

The demand that women return to femininity is a demand that the cultural gears shift into reverse, that we back up to...

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Helena Petrova Blavatsky: The Path that...

Helena Petrova Blavatsky: The Path that...

The Path that leadeth on is lighted by one fire -- the light of daring burning in the heart. The more one dares, the...

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Helena Petrova Blavatsky: We must prepare...

Helena Petrova Blavatsky: We must prepare...

We must prepare and study truth under every aspect, endeavoring to ignore nothing, if we do not wish to fall into the...

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Anne Morrow Lindbergh: Duration is not...

Anne Morrow Lindbergh: Duration is not...

Duration is not a test of truth or falsehood.

Source: Gift From the Sea,...

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Antoinette Brown Blackwell: There were angry...

Antoinette Brown Blackwell: There were angry...

There were angry men confronting me and I caught the flashing of defiant eyes, but above me and within me, there was a...

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Betty Friedan: A woman is...

Betty Friedan: A woman is...

A woman is handicapped by her sex, and handicaps society, either by slavishly copying the pattern of man's advance in...

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Anne Frank: And finally I...

Anne Frank: And finally I...

And finally I twist my heart round again, so that the bad is on the outside and the good is on the inside, and keep on...

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Shirley Conran: First things first,...

Shirley Conran: First things first,...

First things first, second things never.

Source: Superwomen, How to be a Working...

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Dorothy Parker: There was nothing...

Dorothy Parker: There was nothing...

There was nothing separate about her days,
Like drops upon a window-pane, they ran
together and trickled away. ....

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Angelina Grimke: We are commanded...

Angelina Grimke: We are commanded...

We are commanded to love God with all our minds, as well as with all our hearts, and we commit a great sin if we...

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Sonia Johnson: I liked the...

Sonia Johnson: I liked the...

I liked the name of the amendment. I couldn't help feeling uneasy that the church was opposing something with a name...

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Judith Martin: If it's against...

Judith Martin: If it's against...

If it's against state law, it's generally considered a breach of Etiquette.

Source:...

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