#heir

The fact that the movement was carried on by women who, for the most part, had no money of their own and were totally inexperienced in organization, and that they won their fight in about two generations, makes a story often dramatic and always worth preserving. ↗

— Florence E. Allen

#always #carried #dramatic #fact #fight

To get a hold on boys you must be their friend. ↗

— Robert Baden-Powell

#get #hold #must #their #you

It's like tabloid news programs that talk about how horrible something is, while at the same time they're glorifying it as their top story. ↗

— Daisy Berkowitz

#glorifying #horrible #how #like #news

Women can stand a beating except when it is with their own weapons. ↗

— Samuel Butler

#except #own #stand #their #weapons

Only with the tools of production in their own hands could the workers ever hope to control their own lives and receive the fruits of their labor. ↗

— Ella R. Bloor

#could #ever #fruits #hands #hope

Men take only their needs into consideration - never their abilities. ↗

— Napoleon Bonaparte

#into #men #needs #never #only

A lot of parents never speak to their transgender kids again; that's not the case in my family. ↗

— Chastity Bono

#case #family #kids #lot #never

No man should bring children into the world who is unwilling to persevere to the end in their nature and education. ↗

— Plato

#children #education #end #into #man

There is a story which is not being told strongly enough of the Afghan employees of the UN inside the country who are saving hundreds of thousands of lives everyday by their bravery and nobody talks of them. ↗

— Lakhdar Brahimi

#being #body talks #bravery #country #employees

Some Indians will come up and say that a story reminded them of something very specific to their experience. Which may or may not be the case for non-Indians. ↗

— Jhumoa Lahiri

#come #experience #indians #may #reminded