Life has no meaning unless one lives it with a will, at least to the limit of one's will. Virtue, good, evil are nothing but words..., unless one takes them apart in order to build something with them; they do not win their true meaning until one knows how to apply them.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Women do not have to sacrifice personhood if they are mothers. They do not have to sacrifice motherhood in order to be persons. Li...beration was meant to expand women's opportunities, not to limit them. The self-esteem that has been found in new pursuits can also be found in mothering.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
In order to be able to set a limit to thought, we should have to find both sides of the limit thinkable (i.e. we should have to be... able to think what cannot be thought).LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
... any men who would give up the law-making power to women in order to remedy existing evils, would surely be those most ready to... enact the needful laws themselves.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
The General Order is always to manoeuver in a body and on the attack; to maintain strict but not pettifogging discipline; to keep ...the troops constantly at the ready; to employ the utmost vigilance on sentry go; to use the bayonet on every possible occasion; and to follow up the enemy remorselessly until he is utterly destroyed.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
A man may lack everything but tact and conviction and still be a forcible speaker; but without these nothing will avail.... Fluenc...y, grace, logical order, and the like, are merely the decorative surface of oratory.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
The attitude that nature is chaotic and that the artist puts order into it is a very absurd point of view, I think. All that we ca...n hope for is to put some order into ourselves.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Today, San Francisco has experienced a double tragedy of incredible proportions. As acting mayor, I order an immediate state of mo...urning in our city. The city and county of San Francisco must and will pull itself together at this time. We will carry on as best as we possibly can.... I think we all have to share the same sense of shame and the same sense of outrage.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
The Supreme Court would have pleased me more if they had concerned themselves about enforcing the compulsory education provisions ...for Negroes in the South as is done for white children. The next ten years would be better spent in appointing truant officers and looking after conditions in the homes from which the children come. Use to the limit what we already have.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
The whole matter revolves around the self-respect of my people. How much satisfaction can I get from a court order for somebody to... associate with me who does not wish me near them?LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »