Civil Rights, Women's Rights, Public Life, Establislhments, Justice Sonia Sotomayor

“When the civil rights and women’s rights movements sought equality in public life, some public establishments refused. Some even claimed, based on sincere religious beliefs, constitutional rights to discriminate. The brave Justices who once sat on this Court decisively rejected those claims.” - Justice Sonia Sotomayor, dissenting to the Supreme Court’s decision in 303 Creative LLC v. Elenis, which held that business owners have the right under the First Amendment to refuse service to LGVTQ+ people

Found in Ms. Magazine, Fall 2023, page 6.

So Many Books, So Little Time, Frank Zappa

“So many books, so little time.” ― Frank Zappa

Found in Goodreads; click here.

Selfish, Impatient, A Little Insecure, Make Mistakes, Handle Me At My Worst, Don't Deserve Me At My Best, Marilyn Monroe

“I'm selfish, impatient and a little insecure. I make mistakes, I am out of control and at times hard to handle. But if you can't handle me at my worst, then you sure as hell don't deserve me at my best.” ― Marilyn Monroe

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Two Things are Infinite, The Universe, Human Stupidity, Albert Einstein

“Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe.” ― Albert Einstein

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Be Yourself; Already Taken, Oscar Wilde

“Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.” ― Oscar Wilde

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Disallow, Medical Care That is Accepted, Medical Association, Meaningless, Conversion Therapy, Torture, Montana State Rep. Zooey Zephyr

“If you disallow the use of medical care that is accepted by every major medical association … the only therapy left is either A) meaningless or B) conversion therapy, which is torture. If you are forcing a trans child to go through puberty when they are trans, that is tantamount to torture. And this body should be ashamed.” - Montana state Rep. Zooey Zephyr (D), the first openly transgender woman elected to the Legislature; after her forceful remaks concernings a bill (now law) that prohibits gender-affirming care for minors, she was banned from the House floor by her colleagues for the remainder of the session.

Found in Ms. Magazine, Summer 2023, page 6.

Best Thing, Future, One Day at a Time, Abraham Lincoln

“The best thing about the future is that it comes only one day at a time.” - Abraham Lincoln

Found in Great Quotes from Great Leaders, by Peggy Anderson, page 24.