If the first woman God ever made was strong enough to turn the world upside down all alone, these women together ought to be able to turn it back, and get it right side up again! And now they is asking to do it, the men better let them. ― Sojourner Truth

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I never lose an opportunity of urging a practical beginning, however small, for it is wonderful how often in such matters the mustard-seed germinates and roots itself.

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If a man says something in the woods and there are no women there, is he still wrong? ― Steven Wright

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I feel safe in the midst of my enemies, for the truth is all powerful and will prevail. ― Sojourner Truth

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If the first woman God ever made was strong enough to turn the world upside down, these women together ought to be able to turn it right again.― Sojourner Truth

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If the first woman God ever made was strong enough to turn the world upside down all alone, these women together ought to be able to turn it back, and get it right side up again! And now they is asking to do it, the men better let them. ― Soujourner Truth

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It is the mind that makes the body. ― Sojourner Truth

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Since the time of the ancient Greeks a democracy has depended on its philosophers and creative artists. It can only flourish by continuous probing, prodding, and questioning of the social conditions under which man exists and tries to better himself. One of the first moves of a dictatorship is to stifle the artists and thinkers who have the ability to stir up dissent from any prescribed dogma which might enslave them. Because the artist can arouse the curiosity and conscience of his community, he becomes a threat to those who have taken power.

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Every achievement, big or small, begins in your mind.

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If women are expected to do the same work as men, we must teach them the same things. ― Plato, The Republic

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