Ribbons a-flutter and orchids a-tremble, Yearly the vigilant Daughters assemble, Affirming in fervid and firm resolutions Their permanent veto on all revolutions.

Hoary idea, in any case, expecting a woman to surrender her name to her husband's in exchange for his. Why? Would any man submerge his identity and heritage to the woman he wed?

Minds are cluttered from the age of six with the values of others-values which bear little relation to their own private capacities, needs and desires.

All wars derive from lack of empathy: the incapacity of one to understand and accept the likeness or difference of another. Whether in nations or the encounters of race and sex, competition then replaces compassion, subjection excludes mutuality.

An American who can make money, invoke God, and be no better than his neighbor, has nothing to fear but truth itself.

Human progress had so often been checked by those who were afraid of losing what they had.

Timing and arrogance are decisive factors in the successful use of talent.