Measure Democracy, Dissidents, Assimilated Conformists, Abbie Hoffman

"You measure democracy by the freedom it gives its dissidents, not the freedom it gives its assimilated conformists." - Abbie Hoffman

Found at https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/a/abbie_hoffman.html.

Worse Than Failing, Not Having Tried, What If?, Gloria Steinem

“The only thing worse than failing is not having tried. You will walk around forever thinking, What if?” - Gloria Steinem

Found in The Truth Will Set You Free, But First It Will Piss You Off: Thoughts on Life, Love, and Rebellion, by Gloria Steinem, page 75.

Millions of Voices, Change, Barack Obama

“Nothing can stand in the way of the power of millions of voices calling for change.” ― Barack Obama

Found on Goodreads at https://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/6356.Barack_Obama.

Strength, Break a Hershey Bar, Eat Just One of the Pieces, Judith Viorst, Love and Guilt and the Meaning of Life, Etc.

“Strength is the capacity to break a Hershey bar into four pieces with your bare hands - and then eat just one of the pieces.” ― Judith Viorst, Love and Guilt and the Meaning of Life, Etc.

Found on Goodreads at https://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/3080.Judith_Viorst.

Rainbow, Rain, Dolly Parton

"The way I see it, if you want the rainbow, you gotta put up with the rain!" - Dolly Parton

Found on Goodreads at https://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/144067.Dolly_Parton.

Life Doesn't Count, Do Your Small Part, Better World, Barack Obama

“What I’ve realized is that life doesn’t count for much unless you’re willing to do your small part to leave our children — all of our children — a better world. Any fool can have a child. That doesn’t make you a father. It’s the courage to raise a child that makes you a father.” - Barack Obama

Found on Goodreads at https://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/6356.Barack_Obama.

Race, Impostor Syndrome, Rachel Entrekin

“During the race … the mantra that I kept saying was like ‘Why not you?’ I felt a lot of impostor syndrome when I was out front at mile 50 – like ‘What are you doing?’ … Maybe especially women, we tend to talk ourselves out of even trying to do things because we think that we’re not qualitifed or we don’t have the experiences or we don’t whatever – but why not? Why not try?” - American ultramarathoner Rachel Entrekin, who beat out every other runner (men included) in a record-breaking finish in Arizona’s Cocodona 250.

Found in Summer 2026 issue of Ms. Magazine, page 6.