Bad Officials, Good Citizens, Vote, George Jean Nathan

"Bad officials are elected by good citizens who don’t vote.” - George Jean Nathan, American Drama Critic and Magazine Editor

Found from Parade at https://parade.com/1084647/stephanieosmanski/election-voting-quotes/.

South, Disenfranchised, Vote, Michelle Alexander

“By the turn of the twentieth century, every state in the South had laws on the books that disenfranchised blacks and discriminated against them in virtually every sphere of life, lending action to a racial ostracism that extended to schools, churches, housing, jobs, restrooms, hotels, restaurants, hospitals, orphanages, prisons, funeral homes, morgues, and cemeteries. Politicians competed with each other by proposing and passing ever more stringent, oppressive, and downright ridiculous legislation (such as laws specifically prohibiting blacks and whites from playing chess together).” - Michelle Alexander

Found in The Sun, June 2018, pg.48, “Sunbeams”.

With any luck - and a whole lot of people deciding to vote, instead of sitting back to watch democracy - this will not happen again. Some "retro" things should not return.

We the People, Whole People, Men, Rights, Women, Susan B. Anthony

"It was we, the people; not we, the white male citizens; nor yet we, the male citizens; but we, the whole people, who formed the Union. And we formed it, not to give the blessings of liberty, but to secure them; not to the half of ourselves and the half of our posterity, but to the whole people -- women as well as men." - Susan B. Anthony, speech after her arrest for voting in the 1872 presidential election

"Men, their rights and nothing more; women, their rights and nothing less." - Susan B. Anthony, The Revolution, Jan. 8, 1868

First quote ("It was we, the people...") found at http://www.notable-quotes.com/a/anthony_susan_b.html.

Second quote ("Men, their rights...") found at http://www.notable-quotes.com/a/anthony_susan_b_ii.html.

Vote About Us, Without Us, Lauren Book

"No vote about us without us." - Florida state Sen. Lauren Book (D) to the Tallahassee Democrat, summing up her proposed amendment to the state constitution, which would prohibit the Florida legislature from passing bills that limit women's access to abortion unless 50 percent of the House and Senate are omen; men currently make up 70 percent of both chambers.

From Ms. Magazine, Fall 2019 issue, page 6.

Deprive the American People, Right to Vote, Franklin D. Roosevelt

"Nobody will ever deprive the American people of the right to vote except the American people themselves and the only way they could do this is by not voting." - Franklin D. Roosevelt

Found on Brainy Quote. Read more at: https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/franklin_d_roosevelt_403816.

Vote, Consent of the Governed, Susan B. Anthony

"Here, in this very first paragraph of the Declaration, is the assertion of the natural right of all to the ballot; for how can 'the consent of the governed' be given if the right to vote be denied?" - Susan B. Anthony

Found on BrainyQuote at https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/susan_b_anthony_765245.

Vote, Powerful Nonviolent Change, John Lewis

“The vote is the most powerful nonviolent change agent you have in a democratic society.” - The late Rep. John Lewis

Found on page 1, Ms. Magazine, Fall 2020

Grandparents, Playlist, Representative, Determine Your Future, Barack Obama

"You wouldn't let your grandparents pick your playlist. Why would you let them pick your representative who's going to determine your future?" Barack Obama, Former U.S. President

Found from Parade at https://parade.com/1084647/stephanieosmanski/election-voting-quotes/.

Don't Vote, Don't Count, Gloria Steinem

“If you don't vote, you don't count.” - 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 24.

Women, Vote, Own Self Interest, Michelle Williams

“Women...when it is time to vote, please do so in your own self interest. It's what men have been doing for years, which is why the world looks so much like them. But don't forget that we are the largest voting body in this county. Let's make it look more like us.” - Actor Michelle Williams, accepting a Golden Globe for her starring role in Fosse/Verdon with an impassioned speech in support of abortion rights

Found in Ms. Magazine, Winter 2020, page 6.

Can't Have Paradise, Misery, Abbey Lincoln

“You really can't have paradise on top of someone else's misery.” - Abbey Lincoln, Essence, April 1992

Found in Contemporary Quotations in Black, compiled and edited by Anita King, page 137.

What We Do, What We Say, Bell Hooks

“What we do is more important than what we say or what we say we believe.” - Bell Hooks

Found on Inspiring Quotes at https://www.inspiringquotes.us/author/1212-bell-hooks.

Pregnant, Personhood, Autonomy, Jia Tolentino

“Anyone who can get pregnant must now face the reality that half of the country is in the hands of legislators who believe that your personhood and autonomy are conditional – who believe that, if you are impregnated by another person, under any circumstance, you have a legal and moral duty to undergo pregnancy, delivery, and, in all likelihood, two decades or more of caregiving, no matter the permanent and potentially devastating consequences for your body, you heart, your mind, your family, your ability to put food on the table, your plans, your aspirations, your life.” - Writer Jia Tolentino in an op-ed for The New Yorker.

Found in Ms. Magazine, Fall 2022 issue, page 4.

Fairy Tales, Once Upon a Time, If I Am Elected, Carolyn Warner

“Years ago fairy tales all began with 'Once upon a time...' - now we know they all begin with, 'If I am elected.'” - Carolyn Warner

Found in Treasury of Women's Quotations, by Carolyn Warner, page 239.

Better Immersion, Live Untouched, Tillie Olsen

“Better immersion than to live untouched.” - Tillie Olsen, author

Found in Quotes to Live By: Words That Inspire Those Who Inspire Us, by F+W Media, Inc., page 117.

Technology, Gift, Blessing, Human Beings, Gloria Steinem

“Technology is a gift and a blessing – providing you spend as much time with human beings as you do with screens.” - 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 104.

Get Angry, Work, Toni Morrison

“I get angry about things, then go on and work.” - Toni Morrison

Found in Quotes for Nasty Women: Empowering Wisdom from Women Who Break the Rules, by Linda Picone, page 84.

Adventure, Worthwhile, Amelia Earhart

“Adventure is worthwhile in itself.” - Amelia Earhart

Found in Treasury of Women's Quotations, by Carolyn Warner, page 38.

Two Kinds of People, Do the Work, Take the Credit, Indira Gandhi

“My grandfather once told me that there were two kinds of people – those who do the work and those who take the credit. He told me to try to be in the first group; there was much less competition.” - Indira Gandhi

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 78.

Future, Beauty of Their Dreams, Eleanor Roosevelt

“The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.” - Eleanor Roosevelt

Found in Treasury of Women's Quotations, by Carolyn Warner, page 307.

No Change, Contemplation, Bell Hooks

“There is no change without contemplation.” - bell hooks, Tricycle: The Buddhist Review (Fall 1992)

Found in Contemporary Quotations in Black, compiled and edited by Anita King, page 98.

Be Critical, Women, Tillie Olsen

“Be critical. Women have the right to say: This is surface, this falsifies reality, this degrades.” - Tillie Olsen. After twenty years of transcribing other people's words, the long-suppressed author of Silences finally found her own voice.

Found in Wild Words from Wild Women: An Unbridled Collection of Candid Observations & Extremely Opinionated Bon Mots, Compiled by Autumn Stephens, page 13.

Your Own Company, No Loneliness, Toni Morrison

“If you enjoy your own company, there is no loneliness.” - Toni Morrison, Essence, May 1995

Found in Contemporary Quotations in Black, compiled and edited by Anita King, page 161.

Winning, Losing, Race, Nellie Hershey Tullis

“The next best thing to winning is losing! At least you've been in the race.” - Nellie Hershey Tullis

Found in Treasury of Women's Quotations, by Carolyn Warner, page 16.

Cooking, Creative, Imaginative, Talent, Julia Child

“Cooking is just as creative and imaginative an activity as drawing, or wood carving, or music. And cooking draws upon your every talent – science, mathematics, energy, history, experience – and the more experience you have the less likely are your experiments to end in drivel and disaster. The more you know, the more you can create.” - Julia Child

Found in Treasury of Women's Quotations, by Carolyn Warner, page 30.

Be Still, Midst of Activity, Indira Gandhi

"You must learn to be still in the midst of activity and to be vibrantly alive in repose." — Indira Gandhi, first female prime minister of India

Found on Beliefnet.com at http://www.beliefnet.com/quotes/inspiration/i/indira-gandhi/you-must-learn-to-be-still-in-the-midst-of-activit.aspx.

Hate, Love, Robin Morgan

“Hate generalizes, love specifies.” - Robin Morgan

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 120.

Ordinary People, Elites, Cornel West

“When ordinary people wake up, elites begin to tremble in their boots. They can't get away with their abuse. They can't get away with subjection. They can't get away with subjugation. They can't get away with exploitation. They can't get away with domination. It takes courage for folk to stand up.” ― Cornel West, Hope on a Tightrope: Words and Wisdom

Found on Goodreads at https://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/6176.Cornel_West.

So Many Things, Done Yesterday, Mignon McLaughlin

“There are so many things that we wish we had done yesterday, so few that we feel like doing today.” - Mignon McLaughlin

Found in Treasury of Women's Quotations, by Carolyn Warner, page 14.

Born, Surprised, Couldn't Talk, Gracie Allen

“When I was born, I was so surprised I couldn't talk for a year and a half.” - Gracie Allen

Both found in Women's Lip: Outrageous, Irreverent and Just Plain Hilarious Quotes, edited by Roz Warren, page 96.

Cautious Careful People, Preserve Their Reputations, Effect a Reform, Susan B. Anthony

“Cautious, careful people, always casting about to preserve their reputations...can never effect a reform.” - Susan B. Anthony

Found in The Last Word: A Treasury of Women's Quotes, by Carolyn Warner, page 11.