Programs, Remove a List, Words and Phrases, Funding Applications, Rep. Summer Lee

“Your agency told programs to remove a list of nearly 200 words and phrases from their funding applications, including the world Black. Do you have any idea of how we could solve the Black maternal mortality crisis if we can’t say ‘Black?’” - Rep. Summer Lee (D-Pa.), questioning Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on how HHS will address disparities affecting Black women.

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

Confused, Thinking Clearly, Irene Peter

“Today, if you're not confused, you are not thinking clearly.” - Irene Peter

Found in The Last Word: A Treasury of Women's Quotes, by Carolyn Warner, page 48.

Tell the Truth About Yourself, Other People, Virginia Woolf

“If you do not tell the truth about yourself you cannot tell it about other people.” - Virginia Woolf

Found in The Last Word: A Treasury of Women's Quotes, by Carolyn Warner, page 56.

Men of Privilege, Forests, Children, Compassion, Winona LaDuke

“I would argue yes. In fact, I would question the inverse. Can men of privilege...who do not feel the impact of policies on forests, children or their ability to breastfeed children...actually have the compassion to make policy that is reflection of the interests of others. At this point, I think not.” ― Winona LaDuke

Found on Goodreads at https://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/107298.Winona_LaDuke.

Blind With Patriotism, Wrong is Wrong, Malcolm X

"You're not supposed to be so blind with patriotism that you can't face reality. Wrong is wrong, no matter who says it." - Malcolm X

Found on Brainy Quote. Read more at: https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/malcolm_x_390503.

America, False, Hope, Barack Obama

“In the unlikely story that is America, there has never been anything false about hope.” ― Barack Obama

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

Racism, Prejudice, Indifference, Thurgood Marshall

“I wish I could say that racism and prejudice were only distant memories. We must dissent from the indifference. We must dissent from the apathy. We must dissent from the fear, the hatred and the mistrust…We must dissent because America can do better, because America has no choice but to do better.” ― Thurgood Marshall

Found on Goodreads at https://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/331989.Thurgood_Marshall.