#rights

Have you ever stopped to ponder the amount of blood spilt, the volume of tears shed, the degree of pain and anguish endured, the number of noble men and women lost in battle so that we as individuals might have a say in governing our country?  Honor the lives sacrificed for your freedoms. Vote. ↗

— Richelle E. Goodrich

#government #military #richelle #richelle-goodrich #rights

Discovering the tremendous force of love that exists in all living beings five us the power to liberate ourselves from all chains of pain and suffering. We must be open to reconnect with pure love to be able to understand that we are all one! ↗

— LuzMaria Gomez-Guemez

#love

Little minds try to solve the matters through violence and darkness; great minds try to solve the matters through love and light! ↗

— Mehmet Murat ildan

#love

I defend the authority of women and explore its meaning for them rather than assume they need to be more accommodating or sensitive. ↗

— David Bedrick

#dr-phil #love-based-psychology #women #women-s-history-month #women-s-rights

It may sound funny, but I love the South. I don't choose to live anywhere else. There's land here, where a man can raise cattle, and I'm going to do that someday. There are lakes where a man can sink a hook and fight bass. There is room here for my children to play, and grow, and become good citizens... ↗

— Myrlie Evers-Williams

#mississippi-authors #love

He was leading those who risked their lives over that bridge in Selma, not Janice Joplin, Columbia University, or a labor union. It wasn’t John Lennon that taught people about love and peaceful resistance — that job fell on the shoulders of a Jewish carpenter. ↗

— Glenn Beck

#love

The Easter egg which was not found contained a letter from the hen who laid it, saying "Fuck your kids, What about mine? ↗

— Shay Caroline

#parents-and-children #love

Although “traditional marriage” was a form of slavery, I do support people’s decision to make a modern contractual agreement of commitment toward each other, especially because there are so many social and tax incentives. When I say people I mean all people regardless of race, gender, sexuality, or number of consenting adults who want to enter this union. ↗

— Christy Leigh Stewart

#lgbt-rights #marriage #marriage

Gay rights are human rights. ↗

— Hillary Clinton

#gay rights #human #human rights #rights

...men endeavor to sink us still lower, merely to render us alluring objects for a moment; and women, intoxicated by the adoration which men, under the influence of their senses, pay them, do not seek to obtain a durable interest in their hearts, or to become the friends of the fellow creatures who find amusement in their society. ↗

— Mary Wollstonecraft

#men