James Richardson (1950) American poet
#431
Vectors: Aphorisms and Ten Second Essays (2001)
Source: The Opal Deception
James Richardson (1950) American poet
#431
Vectors: Aphorisms and Ten Second Essays (2001)
“Right, temporarily defeated, is stronger than evil triumphant.”
Martin Luther King, Jr. (1929–1968) American clergyman, activist, and leader in the American Civil Rights Movement
Margaret Thatcher (1925–2013) British stateswoman and politician
Speech to the Conservative Party Conference (10 October 1975) http://www.margaretthatcher.org/document/102777 <br class="br">Leader of the Opposition <br class="br">Context: Some Socialists seem to believe that people should be numbers in a State computer. We believe they should be individuals. We are all unequal. No one, thank heavens, is like anyone else, however much the Socialists may pretend otherwise. We believe that everyone has the right to be unequal but to us every human being is equally important.
“Everyone has the right to belong”
Mary, Crown Princess of Denmark (1972) Crown Princess of Denmark
Unofficial slogan of her work with the Mary Foundation, quoted here during a speech in Estonia http://www.maryfonden.dk/en/node/583 (02 May 2014)
Camille Paglia (1947) American writer
Source: Sex, Art and American Culture : New Essays (1992), The Rape Debate, Continued, p. 59
Context: I am being vilified by feminists for merely having a common-sense attitude about rape. I loathe this thing about date rape. Have twelve tequilas at a fraternity party and a guy asks you to go up to his room, and then you're surprised when he assaults you? Most women want to be seduced or lured. The more you study literature and art, the more you see it. Listen to Don Giovanni. Read The Faerie Queene. Pursuit and seduction are the essence of sexuality. It’s part of the sizzle. Girls hurl themselves at guitarists, right down to the lowest bar band here. The guys are strutting. If you live in rock and roll, as I do, you see the reality of sex, of male lust and women being aroused by male lust. It attracts women. It doesn't repel them. Women have the right to freely choose and to say yes or no. Everyone should be personally responsible for what happens in life. I see the sexual impulse as egotistical and dominating, and therefore I have no problem understanding rape. Women have to understand this correctly and they'll protect themselves better. If a real rape occurs, it's got to go to the police. The business of having a campus grievance committee decide whether or not a rape is committed is an outrageous infringement of civil liberties. Today, on an Ivy League campus, if a guy tells a girl she's got great tits, she can charge him with sexual harassment. Chickenshit stuff. Is this what strong women do?
“Everyone has a right to be a little happy, asshole.”
John Irving book Last Night in Twisted River
Source: Last Night in Twisted River