#mina

With the adoption of the Declaration on the Elimination of Violence against Women, the international community sent out a clear message that gender based violence will not be tolerated. ↗

— Jenny Shipley

#against #based #clear #clear message #community

It wouldn't kill me if I were never nominated or elected to anything. ↗

— Sargent Shriver

#elected #i #kill #me #never

Racism cannot be cured solely by attacking some of the results it produces, like discrimination in housing or in education. ↗

— Sargent Shriver

#cannot #cured #discrimination #education #housing

It would seem to me that by the time a race has achieved deep space capability it would have matured to a point where it would have no thought of dominating another intelligent species. ↗

— Clifford D. Simak

#another #by the time #capability #deep #deep space

It seems that in Baltimore, one of the most violent cities in America, jurors are far more reluctant to convict criminal defendants than in the suburban enclaves that ring the city. ↗

— David Simon

#baltimore #cities #city #convict #criminal

I'm not overly alarmist about it, but I do think there are some worrying signs, like the growing accumulation of wealth by a very small proportion of the population, plus elections in the US are much more dominated by money than anywhere else calling itself a democracy. ↗

— Peter Singer

#anywhere #calling #democracy #dominated #elections

I've been nominated for Academy Awards, I know what I'm doing. ↗

— John Singleton

#academy awards #awards #been #doing #i

In all candor, the Court fails to perceive any reason for suspending the power of courts to get evidence and rule on questions of privilege in criminal matters simply because it is the president of the United States who holds the evidence. ↗

— John J. Sirica

#because #candor #court #courts #criminal

The dominant feeling of the battlefield is loneliness. ↗

— William Slim

#dominant #feeling #loneliness

When I was a girl, the West was still young, and the law of force, of physical force, was dominant. ↗

— Agnes Smedley

#force #girl #i #law #physical