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"Women are like teabags. We don't know our true strength until we are in hot water!"

"The faces of most American women over thirty are relief maps of petulant and bewildered unhappiness."

"Studying literature at Harvard is like learning about women at the Mayo clinic."

"I think women are too valuable to be in combat."
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"Homophobia is like racism and anti-Semitism and other forms of bigotry in that it seeks to dehumanize a large group of people, to deny their humanity, their dignity and personhood."

"I'm fulfilled in what I do. I never thought that a lot of money or fine clothes - the finer things of life - would make you happy. My concept of happiness is to be filled in a spiritual sense."

"Mama and Daddy King represent the best in manhood and womanhood, the best in a marriage, the kind of people we are trying to become."

"Segregation was wrong when it was forced by white people, and I believe it is still wrong when it is requested by black people."

"If American women would increase their voting turnout by ten percent, I think we would see an end to all of the budget cuts in programs benefiting women and children."

"Struggle is a never ending process. Freedom is never really won, you earn it and win it in every generation."

"Freedom and justice cannot be parceled out in pieces to suit political convenience. I don't believe you can stand for freedom for one group of people and deny it to others."

"I believe all Americans who believe in freedom, tolerance and human rights have a responsibility to oppose bigotry and prejudice based on sexual orientation."

"There is a spirit and a need and a man at the beginning of every great human advance. Every one of these must be right for that particular moment of history, or nothing happens."
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