... in America, alone ... women are raised to an equality with the other sex; and ... both in theory and practice, their interests... are regarded as of equal value. They are made subordinate in station, only where a regard to their best interests demands it, while, as if in compensation for this, by custom and courtesy, they are always treated as superiors. Universally, in this Country, through every class of society, precedence is given to woman, in all the comforts, conveniences, and courtesies of life.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Custom has made dancing sometimes necessary for a young man; therefore mind it while you learn it, that you may learn to do it wel...l, and not be ridiculous, though in a ridiculous act.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
We are taught for a comfort in this life that in the future there will certainly be more equity in distributing justice; that full...y one-half of the judges shall be of either sex, so that all law and custom shall not be made in the interests of part of the race and executed for one party's whims, to the detriment of the other party's rights. In the future life no such condition shall prevail.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
In Tsegihi, In the house made of dawn,... In the house made of the evening twilight, In the house made of the dark cloud, ... Oh, male divinity! With your moccasins of dark cloud, come to us.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
I wasn't born to be a fighter. I was born with a gentle nature, a flexible character and an organism as equilibrated as it is judg...ed hysterical. I shouldn't have been forced to fight constantly and ferociously. The causes I have fought for have invariably been causes that should have been gained by a delicate suggestion. Since they never were, I made myself into a fighter.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Thou hast made me, and shall thy work decay? Repair me now, for now mine end doth haste;... I run to death, and death meets me as fast, And all my pleasures are like yesterday.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Where justice is denied, where poverty is enforced, where ignorance prevails, and where any one class is made to feel that society... is in an organized conspiracy to oppress, rob, and degrade them, neither persons nor property will be safe.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
A woman does not have to make decisions based on the need to survive. She can cut through issues, call shots as she sees them.... ...Many bad decisions are made by men in government because it is good for them personally to make bad public decisions.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »