They who say that women do not desire the right of suffrage, that they prefer masculine domination to self-government, falsify eve...ry page of history, every fact in human experience. It has taken the whole power of the civil and canon law to hold woman in the subordinate position which it is said she willingly accepts.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Let us put an end to self-inflicted wounds. Let us remember that our national unity is a most priceless asset. Let us deny our adv...ersaries the satisfaction of using Vietnam to pit Americans against Americans.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
My note to you I certainly did not expect to see in print; yet I have not been much shocked by the newspaper comments upon it. Tho...se comments constitute a fair specimen of what has occurred to me through life. I have endured a great deal of ridicule without much malice; and have received a great deal of kindness, not quite free from ridicule. I am used to it.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Gen. Schurz thinks I was a little cross in my late note to you. If I was, I ask pardon. If I do get up a little temper I have no s...ufficient time to keep it up.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Heroism--that is the disposition of a man who aspires to a goal compared to which he himself is wholly insignificant. Heroism is t...he good will to self-destruction.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
You would play upon me, you would seem to know my stops, you would pluck out the heart of my mystery, you would sound me ...>from my lowest note to the top of my compass; and there is much music, excellent voice, in this little organ.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
The strongest reason why we ask for woman a voice in the government under which she lives; in the religion she is asked to believe...; equality in social life, where she is the chief factor; a place in the trades and professions, where she may earn her bread, is because of her birthright to self-sovereignty; because, as an individual, she must rely on herself.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Who wants to become a writer? And why? Because it's the answer to everything. To "Why am I here?" To uselessness. It's the streami...ng reason for living. To note, to pin down, to build up, to create, to be astonished at nothing, to cherish the oddities, to let nothing go down the drain, to make something, to make a great flower out of life, even if it's a cactus.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Poor old Jonathan Bing Went home and addressed a short note to the King:... If you please will excuse me I won't come to tea; For home's the best place for All people like me!LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »