When the president of the United States flicks the switch to light up the Christmas tree on the White House lawn, that house ceases to be an American symbol; it becomes a Christian symbol.
Letty Cottin PogrebinWhen men are oppressed, it's a tragedy. When women are oppressed, it's tradition.
Letty Cottin PogrebinMothers remember a child's first words, and quote them in tones usually reserved for Byron.
Letty Cottin PogrebinMuch is made of the accelerating brutality of young people's crimes, but rarely does our concern for dangerous children translateinto concern for children in danger. We fail to make the connection between the use of force on children themselves, and violent antisocial behavior, or the connection between watching father batter mother and the child deducing a link between violence and masculinity.
Letty Cottin Pogrebin