#mina

I think it only makes sense to seek out and identify structures of authority, hierarchy, and domination in every aspect of life, and to challenge them; unless a justification for them can be given, they are illegitimate, and should be dismantled, to increase the scope of human freedom. ↗

— Noam Chomsky

#challenge #dismantle #domination #freedom #heirarchy

If I follow the inclination of my nature, it is this: beggar-woman and single, far rather than queen and married. ↗

— Elizabeth I Tudor

#british-monarchy #british-royal-family #dignity #empowerment #freedom

The only life worth living is the one we take responsibility for choosing. ↗

— Alexandra Stoddard

#life #self-determination #inspirational

What we ask is to be human individuals, however peculiar and unexpected. It is no good saying: "You are a little girl and therefore you ought to like dolls"; if the answer is, "But I don't," there is no more to be said. ↗

— Dorothy L. Sayers

#dignity #empowerment #freedom #gender #girls

LEONATO Well, niece, I hope to see you one day fitted with a husband. BEATRICE Not till God make men of some other metal than earth. Would it not grieve a woman to be overmastered with a pierce of valiant dust? to make an account of her life to a clod of wayward marl? No, uncle, I'll none: Adam's sons are my brethren; and, truly, I hold it a sin to match in my kindred. ↗

— William Shakespeare

#empowerment #equality #freedom #happiness #husbands

Over the years, I've come to realize that determination makes one to punch above one's weight. ↗

— Ogwo David Emenike

#inspirational #motivational #inspirational

It could probably be shown by facts and figures that there is no distinctly native criminal class except Congress. ↗

— Mark Twain

#congress #could #criminal #distinctly #except

As long as she thinks of a man, nobody objects to a woman thinking. ↗

— Virginia Woolf

#dignity #double-standards #empowerment #feminism #gender

This illuminates not only fans' interest in major league teams but also the minors and even Little League. ↗

— John Thorn

#even #fans #illuminates #interest #league

There are criminals who are drug users, but most addicts are criminals only by virtue of prohibition or from resorting to crime to pay inflated black market prices. ↗

— Danny Sugerman

#crime #criminals #inflated #market #most