Category: activist
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The trouble with her is that she lacks the power of conversation but not the power of speech.
George Bernard Shaw
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As I lay so sick on my bed, from Christmas till March, I was always praying for poor ole master. ‘Pears like I didn’t do nothing but pray for ole master. ‘Oh, Lord, convert ole master;’ ‘Oh, dear Lord, change dat man’s heart, and make him a Christian.’
Harriet Tubman
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Only on paper has humanity yet achieved glory, beauty, truth, knowledge, virtue, and abiding love.
George Bernard Shaw
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I never resist temptation, because I have found that things that are bad for me do not tempt me.
George Bernard Shaw
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I think racism is something that is passed on and taught to our kids, and that’s a shame.
Ruby Bridges
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Woman must have a purse of her own, and how can this be so long as the law denies to the wife all right to both the individual and the joint earnings?
Susan B. Anthony
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The relationship between the prophet and the President, the priest and the President, is a sacred one.
Jesse Jackson
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If you don’t know what tomorrow holds, you need to know who holds tomorrow!
Jesse Jackson
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There are no secrets better kept than the secrets everybody guesses.
George Bernard Shaw
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Women, we might as well be dogs baying the moon as petitioners without the right to vote!
Susan B. Anthony