Measure of a Society, Treat Their Weakest, Most Helpless Citizens, Jimmy Carter

"The measure of a society is found in how they treat their weakest and most helpless citizens." - Jimmy Carter

Found on A-Z Quotes at http://www.azquotes.com/quote/557101.

Active Citizen, Part of the Resistance, Hillary Rodham Clinton

“I'm back to being an active citizen – and part of the resistance.” - Hillary Rodham Clinton, speaking at the Women for Women International Luncheon in New York City
From the Summer 2017 issue of Ms. Magazine, page 6.

Distrust, People Who Know, Their Own Desires, God, Susan B. Anthony

“I distrust those people who know so well what God wants them to do, because I notice it always coincides with their own desires.” - Susan B. Anthony, History of Woman Suffrage

Found on Notable Quotes, at http://www.notable-quotes.com/a/anthony_susan_b.html.

Poetry, Dream and Vision, Skeleton Architecture, Audre Lorde,

"Poetry is not only dream and vision; it is the skeleton architecture of our lives. It lays the foundations for a future of change, a bridge across our fears of what has never been before." - Audre Lorde

Found on Brainy Quote. Read more at: https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/a/audrelorde408960.html.

White Men, Women, Excluded, ACA, Mammograms, Sen. Dianne Feinstein, Sen. Pat Roberts

“I don't know what the 13 white men, when you have five Republican women who are excluded from that, that these 13 men are supposed to sit down and put something together.” - Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.), noting the harmful lack of diversity in the Republican group writing the Senate legislation to repeal the Affordable Care Act (ACA)

“I wouldn't want to lose my mammograms.” - Sen. Pat Roberts (R-Kan.), proving Feinstein's point in a response to whether he supports efforts to scrap the ACA's well-woman coverage.

Both quotes are from the Summer 2017 issue of Ms. Magazine, page 6.

Loss, Lose Someone, Your Heart Will be Badly Broken, They Live Forever, Anne Lamott

“You will lose someone you can’t live without, and your heart will be badly broken, and the bad news is that you never completely get over the loss of your beloved. But this is also the good news. They live forever in your broken heart that doesn’t seal back up. And you come through. It’s like having a broken leg that never heals perfectly—that still hurts when the weather gets cold, but you learn to dance with the limp.” ― Anne Lamott

Found on GoodReads at Anne Lamott's quote page.

Gender-Equal Society, Gender, Gloria Steinem

"A gender-equal society would be one where the word 'gender' does not exist: where everyone can be themselves." - Gloria Steinem

Found on Brainy Quote. Read more at: https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/g/gloriastei690730.html.

If Men Can Run the World, Neckties, Linda Ellerbee

“If men can run the world, why can't they stop wearing neckties? How intelligent is it to start the day by tying a little noose around your neck?” - Linda Ellerbee

Found in Women's Lip: Outrageous, Irreverent and Just Plain Hilarious Quotes, edited by Roz Warren, page 36.

Perfectionism, Voice of the Oppressor, Enemy of the People, Anne Lamott, Bird by Bird

“Perfectionism is the voice of the oppressor, the enemy of the people. It will keep you cramped and insane your whole life, and it is the main obstacle between you and a shitty first draft. I think perfectionism is based on the obsessive belief that if you run carefully enough, hitting each stepping-stone just right, you won't have to die. The truth is that you will die anyway and that a lot of people who aren't even looking at their feet are going to do a whole lot better than you, and have a lot more fun while they're doing it.” ― Anne Lamott, Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life

Found on GoodReads at Anne Lamott's quote page.

Understanding, Two-Way Street, Eleanor Roosevelt

"Understanding is a two-way street." - Eleanor Roosevelt

Found on Brainy Quote. Read more at: https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/e/eleanorroo133886.html.

Food Stamp Recipients, Financial Crisis, Wall Street, Recklessness, Barack Obama

"Food Stamp recipients didn't cause the financial crisis; recklessness on Wall Street did." - Barack Obama

Found on Brainy Quote. Read more at: https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/b/barackobam733938.html

Beware, False Knowledge, Ignorance, George Bernard Shaw

"Beware of false knowledge; it is more dangerous than ignorance." - George Bernard Shaw

Found on Brainy Quote. Read more at: https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/g/georgebern141483.html.

Strong Nation, Strong Person, Gentle, Firm, Weak Nation, Weak Person, Bluster and Boasting, Jimmy Carter

"A strong nation, like a strong person, can afford to be gentle, firm, thoughtful, and restrained. It can afford to extend a helping hand to others. It's a weak nation, like a weak person, that must behave with bluster and boasting and rashness and other signs of insecurity." - Jimmy Carter

Found on A-Z Quotes at http://www.azquotes.com/author/2561-Jimmy_Carter.

Books, Important, Miracle, World After World After World, Anne Lamott, Bird by Bird

“For some of us, books are as important as almost anything else on earth. What a miracle it is that out of these small, flat, rigid squares of paper unfolds world after world after world, worlds that sing to you, comfort and quiet or excite you. Books help us understand who we are and how we are to behave. They show us what community and friendship mean; they show us how to live and die.” ― Anne Lamott, Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life

Found on GoodReads at Anne Lamott's quote page.

Feminism, Job, Making Life More Fair, Gloria Steinem

"Feminism has never been about getting a job for one woman. It's about making life more fair for women everywhere. It's not about a piece of the existing pie; there are too many of us for that. It's about baking a new pie." - Gloria Steinem

Found on Brainy Quote. Read more at: https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/g/gloriastei690708.html.

False Knowledge, Dangerous, George Bernard Shaw

"Beware of false knowledge; it is more dangerous than ignorance." - George Bernard Shaw

Found on Brainy Quote. Read more at: https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/g/georgebern141483.html.

Can't Say Anything Good, Sit Right Here, Alice Roosevelt Longsworth

“If you can't say anything good about someone, sit right here by me.” - Alice Roosevelt Longsworth

Found in Women's Lip: Outrageous, Irreverent and Just Plain Hilarious Quotes, edited by Roz Warren, page 47.

Working Mother, Redundant, Jane Sellman

“The phrase 'working mother' is redundant.” - Jane Sellman

Found in Women's Lip: Outrageous, Irreverent and Just Plain Hilarious Quotes, edited by Roz Warren, page 87.

Walking, Right Path, Progress, Barack Obama

"If you're walking down the right path and you're willing to keep walking, eventually you'll make progress." - Barack Obama

Found on Brainy Quotes. Read more at: https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/b/barackobam168698.html.

You Must Do, Eleanor Roosevelt

"You must do the things you think you cannot do." - Eleanor Roosevelt

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Fighting, Sexism, Homophobia, Racism, Xenophobia, Global Climate Change

“We are fighting for the right to live in the future. We will continue to fight against sexism, homophobia, racism, xenophobia and global climate change until the future is ours.” - Feminist Majoritiy Foundation East Coast Interns

From Ms. Magazine special election issue, Fall, 2016 page 11.

Life, Making Mistakes, Honorable, Useful, George Bernard Shaw

"A life spent making mistakes is not only more honorable, but more useful than a life spent doing nothing." - George Bernard Shaw

Found on Brainy Quote. Read more at: https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/g/georgebern102967.html.

Never to be Silent, Take Sides, Elie Wiesel

"I swore never to be silent whenever and wherever human beings endure suffering and humiliation. We must always take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented." - Elie Wiesel

Found on Wisdom Quotes at http://www.wisdomquotes.com/authors/elie-wiesel/.

Fool, His Money, Elected, Will Rogers

"A fool and his money are soon elected." - Will Rogers

Found on Brainy Quote. Read more at: https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/w/willrogers128083.html.

Americans, Every Party, Every Background, Every Faith, Together, Barack Obama

"I see Americans of every party, every background, every faith who believe that we are stronger together: black, white, Latino, Asian, Native American; young, old; gay, straight; men, women, folks with disabilities, all pledging allegiance under the same proud flag to this big, bold country that we love. That's what I see. That's the America I know!" - Barack Obama

Found on Brainy Quote. Read more at: https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/b/barackobam754716.html.

The Gender Equation, Women's Economic Freedom, Gloria Steinem

"Nothing changes the gender equation more significantly than women's economic freedom." - Gloria Steinem

Found on Brainy Quote. Read more at: https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/g/gloriastei690741.html.

Progress, Impossible Without Change, George Bernard Shaw

"Progress is impossible without change, and those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything." - George Bernard Shaw

Found on Brainy Quote. Read more at: https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/g/georgebern386923.html.

Strength, Courage, Confidence, Every Experiences, Look Fear in the Face, Eleanor Roosevelt

"You gain strength, courage, and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You are able to say to yourself, 'I lived through this horror. I can take the next thing that comes along.'" - Eleanor Roosevelt

Found on Brainy Quote. Read more at: https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/e/eleanorroo121157.html.

Change, We are the Ones, We are the Change, Barack Obama

"Change will not come if we wait for some other person or some other time. We are the ones we've been waiting for. We are the change that we seek." - Barack Obama

Found on Brainy Quote. Read more at: https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/b/barackobam409128.html.

Good Judgment, Experience, Bad Judgment, Will Rogers

"Good judgment comes from experience, and a lot of that comes from bad judgment." - Will Rogers

Found on Brainy Quote. Read more at: https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/w/willrogers411692.html.