Censorship, Stupid, Problem, Dwight Eisenhower

"Censorship, in my opinion, is a stupid and shallow way of approaching the solution to any problem. Though sometimes necessary, as witness a professional and technical secret that may have a bearing upon the welfare and very safety of this country, we should be very careful in the way we apply it, because in censorship always lurks the very great danger of working to the disadvantage of the American nation." - Dwight Eisehower, Associated Press luncheon, New York, New York, 4/24/50

Found in Eisenhower library at https://www.eisenhowerlibrary.gov/eisenhowers/quotes.

Moment of Time, Present Century, Alter the Nature of His World, Rachel Carson

“Only within the moment of time represented by the present century has one species – man – acquired significant power to alter the nature of his world.” - Rachel Carson

Found in The Last Word: A Treasury of Women's Quotes, by Carolyn Warner, page 45.

Know The Truth, Make You Mad, Aldous Huxley

“You shall know the truth and the truth shall make you mad.” ― Aldous Huxley

Found on Goodreads at https://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/3487.Aldous_Huxley.

Person, Woman's Body, Elayne Boosler

“I'm just a person trapped inside a woman's body.” - Comedian Elayne Boosler.

Found in Wild Words from Wild Women: An Unbridled Collection of Candid Observations & Extremely Opinionated Bon Mots, Compiled by Autumn Stephens, page 33.

Be Critical, This is Surface, Tillie Olsen

“Be critical. Women have the right to say: This is surface, this falsifies reality, this degrades.” ― Tillie Olsen

Found on Goodreads at https://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/89863.Tillie_Olsen.

Predjudices, Difficult to Eradicate, Education, Charlotte Bronte

“Prejudices, it is well known, are most difficult to eradicate from the heart whose soil has never been loosened or fertilized by education: they grow there, firm as weeds among stones.” - Charlotte Bronte

Found in The Quotable Woman, by Running Press, Editor, page 94.

Book Burners, Library, Read Every Book, Dwight D. Eisenhower

“Don't join the book burners. Don't think you're going to conceal faults by concealing evidence that they ever existed. Don't be afraid to go in your library and read every book…” - Dwight D. Eisenhower

Found on Goodreads at https://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/23920.Dwight_D_Eisenhower.

Most Common Way, Give Up Their Power, Don't Have Any, Alice Walker

"The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don't have any." — Alice Walker, author of "The Color Purple"

Found at http://everydaypowerblog.com/2015/12/04/alice-walker-quotes/.

Beauty of the Earth, Healing, Nature, Rachel Carson, Silent Spring

“Those who contemplate the beauty of the earth find reserves of strength that will endure as long as life lasts. There is something infinitely healing in the repeated refrains of nature -- the assurance that dawn comes after night, and spring after winter.” ― Rachel Carson, Silent Spring

Found in Goodreads at https://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/15332.Rachel_Carson.

Your Silence, Protect You, Audre Lorde

"Your silence will not protect you." - Audre Lorde

Found at Brainy Quote. Read it at https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/a/audrelorde357292.html.

Only Thing I Regret, Live My Life Again, Same Mistakes, Sooner, Tallulah Bankhead

“The only thing I regret about my life is the length of it. If I had to live my life again, I'd make all the same mistakes – only sooner.” - Tallulah Bankhead

Found in Age Happens: The Best Quotes About Growing Older, Selected by Bruce Lansky, page 37.

Sorrow's Kitchen, All the Pots, Peaky Mountain Wrapped in Rainbows, Zora Neale Hurston

"I have been in Sorrow's kitchen and licked out all the pots. Then I have stood on the peaky mountain wrapped in rainbows, with a harp and sword in my hands." - Zora Neale Hurston

Found on Brainy Quote. Read more at: https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/zora_neale_hurston_399481.

Terrorize a Whole Nation, Accomplices, Edward R. Murrow

"No one can terrorize a whole nation, unless we are all his accomplices." - Edward R. Murrow

Can be found at Goodreads or by clicking here.

Cleaning Your Home, Shoveling the Walk, Phyllis Diller

“Cleaning your home while your kids are still growing is like shoveling the walk before it stops snowing.” - Phyllis Diller

Found in Women's Lip: Outrageous, Irreverent and Just Plain Hilarious Quotes, edited by Roz Warren, page 53.

One Great Man, One Leader, Salvation of America, No Longer Be America, Dwight D. Eisenhower

“Never let yourself be persuaded that any one Great Man, any one leader, is necessary to the salvation of America. When America consists of one leader and 158 million followers, it will no longer be America.” ― Dwight D. Eisenhower

Found on Goodreads at https://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/23920.Dwight_D_Eisenhower.

No Man, Govern, Consent, Susan B. Anthony

"No man is good enough to govern any woman without her consent." - Susan B. Anthony

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

Nothing Can Stand in the Way, Power of Millions, 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.

Bitterness, Coward's Revenge, Zora Neal Hurston

“Bitterness is the coward's revenge on the world for having been hurt.” ― Zora Neale Hurston

Found on Goodreads at https://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/15151.Zora_Neale_Hurston.

Let Freedom Ring, Free at Last, Martin Luther King, Jr.

“When we let freedom ring, when we let it ring from every village and every hamlet, from every state and every city, we will be able to speed up that day when all of God's children, black men and white men, Jews and Gentiles, Protestants and Catholics, will be able to join hands and sing in the words of that old Negro spiritual, 'Free at last! Free at last! Thank God Almighty, we are free at last!'” - Martin Luther King, Jr.

Found in Great Quotes from Great Leaders, by Peggy Anderson, page 15.

We Know Nothing, Human Wisdom, Leo Tolstoy, War and Peace

“We can know only that we know nothing. And that is the highest degree of human wisdom.” ― Leo Tolstoy, War and Peace

Found on Goodreads at https://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/128382.Leo_Tolstoy.

Honest Dissent, Disloyal Subversion, Dwight D. Eisenhower

“May we never confuse honest dissent with disloyal subversion. ” ― Dwight D. Eisenhower

Found on Goodreads at https://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/23920.Dwight_D_Eisenhower.

Distrust, God, Desires, 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.

Stop Evil, Treat One Another, Barack Obama

“We may not be able to stop evil in the world, but how we treat one another is entirely up to us.” ― Barack Obama

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

Sustained Outrage, Unthinking Respect, Authority, Molly Ivins

“What you need is sustained outrage...there's far too much unthinking respect given to authority.” - Molly Ivins

Found in Quotes for Nasty Women: Empowering Wisdom from Women Who Break the Rules, by Linda Picone, page 50.

Real Courage, You Know You're Licked, You Begin Anyway, Atticus Finch, Harper Lee

“I wanted you to see what real courage is, instead of getting the idea that courage is a man with a gun in his hand. It's when you know you're licked before you begin, but you begin anyway and see it through no matter what." - (Atticus Finch) ― Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird

Found on Goodreads, at https://www.goodreads.com/work/quotes/3275794-to-kill-a-mockingbird.

Arrogant Person, Perfect, Better Person, Leo Tolstoy

"An arrogant person considers himself perfect. This is the chief harm of arrogance. It interferes with a person's main task in life - becoming a better person." - Leo Tolstoy

Found on Brainy Quote at https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/leo_tolstoy_802402.

Democracy, Freedom, Ideals, Essential to Survival, Noam Chomsky

“In this possibly terminal phase of human existence, democracy and freedom are more than just ideals to be valued - they may be essential to survival.” ― Noam Chomsky

Found on Goodreads at https://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/2476.Noam_Chomsky.

Old Age, Didn't Even See it Coming, Phyllis Diller

“I don't know how you feel about old age...but in my case I didn't even see it coming. It hit me from the rear.” - Phyllis Diller

Found in Women's Lip: Outrageous, Irreverent and Just Plain Hilarious Quotes, edited by Roz Warren, page 74.

Abolish Social Security, Unemployment Insurance, Labor Laws, Farm Programs, They Are Stupid, Dwight D. Eisenhower

“Should any political party attempt to abolish social security, unemployment insurance and eliminate labor laws and farm programs you would not hear of that party again in our political history. There is a tiny splinter group of course that believes you can do these things. Among them are a few other Texas oil millionaires and an occasional politician or business man from other areas. Their number is negligible and they are stupid.” ― Dwight D. Eisenhower

Found on Goodreads at https://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/23920.Dwight_D_Eisenhower.