Measure of a Society, Treat Their Weakest, Most Helpless Citizens, Jimmy Carter

"The measure of a society is found in how they treat their weakest and most helpless citizens." - Jimmy Carter

Found on A-Z Quotes at http://www.azquotes.com/quote/557101.

Active Citizen, Part of the Resistance, Hillary Rodham Clinton

“I'm back to being an active citizen – and part of the resistance.” - Hillary Rodham Clinton, speaking at the Women for Women International Luncheon in New York City
From the Summer 2017 issue of Ms. Magazine, page 6.

Distrust, People Who Know, Their Own Desires, God, 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.

Poetry, Dream and Vision, Skeleton Architecture, Audre Lorde,

"Poetry is not only dream and vision; it is the skeleton architecture of our lives. It lays the foundations for a future of change, a bridge across our fears of what has never been before." - Audre Lorde

Found on Brainy Quote. Read more at: https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/a/audrelorde408960.html.

White Men, Women, Excluded, ACA, Mammograms, Sen. Dianne Feinstein, Sen. Pat Roberts

“I don't know what the 13 white men, when you have five Republican women who are excluded from that, that these 13 men are supposed to sit down and put something together.” - Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.), noting the harmful lack of diversity in the Republican group writing the Senate legislation to repeal the Affordable Care Act (ACA)

“I wouldn't want to lose my mammograms.” - Sen. Pat Roberts (R-Kan.), proving Feinstein's point in a response to whether he supports efforts to scrap the ACA's well-woman coverage.

Both quotes are from the Summer 2017 issue of Ms. Magazine, page 6.

Loss, Lose Someone, Your Heart Will be Badly Broken, They Live Forever, Anne Lamott

“You will lose someone you can’t live without, and your heart will be badly broken, and the bad news is that you never completely get over the loss of your beloved. But this is also the good news. They live forever in your broken heart that doesn’t seal back up. And you come through. It’s like having a broken leg that never heals perfectly—that still hurts when the weather gets cold, but you learn to dance with the limp.” ― Anne Lamott

Found on GoodReads at Anne Lamott's quote page.

Gender-Equal Society, Gender, Gloria Steinem

"A gender-equal society would be one where the word 'gender' does not exist: where everyone can be themselves." - Gloria Steinem

Found on Brainy Quote. Read more at: https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/g/gloriastei690730.html.