#pre

Because of where I come from, I never thought I'd see in my life a black candidate running for President. ↗

— Samuel L. Jackson

#black #candidate #come #i #life

I kind of realize that I have a tendency to choose the kind of films I watched when I was a kid and would go home and pretend with my friends that we were in those movies after we saw them. ↗

— Samuel L. Jackson

#choose #films #friends #go #go home

Bush's choice of Dick Cheney as his running mate is clear confirmation of the policies he would promote and the nominations he would make to an already closely divided U.S. Supreme Court. ↗

— Patricia Ireland

#bush #cheney #choice #clear #closely

I just have that sense this is the reason we got Sandra Day O'Connor on the Court in the first place is because Ronald Reagan was running for President. ↗

— Patricia Ireland

#connor #court #day #first #got

They plan to ride into the White House on the Sweet Talk Express. Well, think again. Bush and Cheney are not compassionate conservatives. They are ruthless reactionaries. ↗

— Patricia Ireland

#bush #cheney #compassionate #conservatives #express

If men could get pregnant, abortion would be a sacrament. ↗

— Florynce R. Kennedy

#could #get #men #pregnant #sacrament

When a system of oppression has become institutionalized it is unnecessary for individuals to be oppressive. ↗

— Florynce R. Kennedy

#individuals #institutionalized #oppression #oppressive #system

Now, I think that I should have known that he was magic all along. I did know it - but I should have guessed that it would be too much to ask to grow old with and see our children grow up together. So now, he is a legend when he would have preferred to be a man. ↗

— Jackie Kennedy

#ask #be a man #children #did #grow

Society has taught us to suppress certain things and not do certain things. ↗

— Kesha

#certain things #society #suppress #taught #things

You've got to get out and pray to the sky to appreciate the sunshine; otherwise you're just a lizard standing there with the sun shining on you. ↗

— Ken Kesey

#get #got #just #lizard #otherwise