“You can stand tall without standing on someone. You can be a victor without having victims.”
As quoted in Carolyn Warner, The Last Word : A Treasury of Women's Quotes (1992), p. 147,
Ruth Harriett Woods was an American politician and activist, a two-time Democratic nominee for the United States Senate from Missouri, who served as the 42nd Lieutenant Governor of Missouri under Governor John Ashcroft. She was Missouri's first and so far only female Lieutenant Governor.
“You can stand tall without standing on someone. You can be a victor without having victims.”
As quoted in Carolyn Warner, The Last Word : A Treasury of Women's Quotes (1992), p. 147,