I never saw that great woman, Mary Wollstonecraft, but I have read her eloquent and unanswerable arguments in behalf of the libert...y of womankind. I have met and known most of the progressive women who came after her--Lucretia Mott, the Grimke sisters, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Lucy Stone--a long galaxy of great women.... Those older women have gone on, and most of those who worked with me in the early years have gone. I am here for a little time only and then my place will be filled as theirs was filled. The fight must not cease; you must see that it does not stop.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
To grant woman an equality with man in the affairs of life is contrary to every tradition, every precedent, every inheritance, eve...ry instinct and every teaching. The acceptance of this idea is possible only to those of especially progressive tendencies and a strong sense of justice, and it is yet too soon to expect these from the majority.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
All of us recognize the great benefits to our own nation and to the world of a strong and progressive Iran. Your support of the Ca...mp David accords and your encouragement of the leaders who are or may be involved in consummating the peace effort would be very valuable.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
The self ... might be regarded as a sort of citadel of the mind, fortified without and containing selected treasures within, while... love is an undivided share in the rest of the universe. In a healthy mind each contributes to the growth of the other: what we love intensely or for a long time we are likely to bring within the citadel, and to assert as part of ourself. On the other hand, it is only on the basis of a substantial self that a person is capable of progressive sympathy or love.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Progressive art can assist people to learn not only about the objective forces at work in the society in which they live, but also... about the intensely social character of their interior lives. Ultimately, it can propel people toward social emancipation.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
There is, I think, no point in the philosophy of progressive education which is sounder than its emphasis upon the importance of t...he participation of the learner in the formation of the purposes which direct his activities in the learning process, just as there is no defect in traditional education greater than its failure to secure the active cooperation of the pupil in construction of the purposes involved in his studying.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Because the soul is progressive, it never quite repeats itself, but in every act attempts the production of a new and fairer whole....LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Taft represented a victory for everything that was least progressive in Roosevelt. The great love which bound the two men, as it h...as been described touchingly and at length by dozens of their friends and aides, contained scarcely a glimmer of common interest relating to reform. It had to do with social standing, political advancement, favors asked and favors given.... The essence of Roosevelt's conservatism was his dependence on party politics; of Taft's his adherence to the law. Roosevelt, that is to say, was a politician; his friend was a lawyer.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
It is puzzling to me that otherwise sensitive people develop a real docility about the obvious necessity of eating, at least once ...a day, in order to stay alive. Often they lose their primal enjoyment of flavors and odors and textures to the point of complete unawareness. And if ever they question this progressive numbing-off, they shrug helplessly in the face of mediocrity everywhere. Bit by bit, hour by hour, they say, we are being forced to accept the not-so-good as the best, since there is little that is even good to compare it with.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »