Judith Krug (1940–2009) librarian and freedom of speech proponent
"Oak Lawn Library Vows to Keep Playboy on Shelf" by Jo Napolitano, Chicago Tribune, (June 23, 2005)
Dark Poet (1991)
Judith Krug (1940–2009) librarian and freedom of speech proponent
"Oak Lawn Library Vows to Keep Playboy on Shelf" by Jo Napolitano, Chicago Tribune, (June 23, 2005)
Harriet Harman (1950) British politician
In an interview following her election as Deputy Leader of the Labour Party http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/politics/article2843875.ece, 10 November 2007.
“I am not a member of any organized party — I am a Democrat.”
Will Rogers (1879–1935) American humorist and entertainer
Variants: I don't belong to an organized political party. I'm a Democrat.
I belong to no organized party. I am a Democrat.
Source: Will Rogers, Ambassador of Good Will, Prince of Wit and Wisdom (1935), Ch. 9 "Rogers was a lifelong Democrat but he studiously avoided partisanship. He contributed to the Democratic campaign funds, but at the same time he frequently appeared on benefit programs to raise money for the Republican treasury. Republican leaders sought his counsel in their campaigns as often as did the Democrats." ~ P. J. O'Brien
“It is well known that I am available twenty-four hours a day to women astronomers.”
Vera Rubin (1928–2016) American astronomer
As quoted in Jewish Women's Archive https://jwa.org/encyclopedia/article/rubin-vera-cooper
“I am a lover of liberty. I will not and I cannot serve a party.”
Desiderius Erasmus (1466–1536) Dutch Renaissance humanist, Catholic priest, and theologian
Spongia adversus aspergines Hutteni (1523), § 176, As quoted in Desiderius Erasmus of Rotterdam (1900) by Ephraim Emerton, p. 377
Variant: I am a lover of liberty. I cannot and will not serve parties.
“I want to make it clear to England, I am not a party girl.”
Paz de la Huerta (1984) American actress
ES Magazine, 13 Jan 2012, pages 26-29
“I am a member of a party of one, and I live in an age of fear.”
E. B. White (1899–1985) American writer
Letter to the New York Herald Tribune (29 November 1947)
Context: I am a member of a party of one, and I live in an age of fear. Nothing lately has unsettled my party and raised my fears so much as your editorial, on Thanksgiving Day, suggesting that employees should be required to state their beliefs in order to hold their jobs. The idea is inconsistent with our constitutional theory and has been stubbornly opposed by watchful men since the early days of the Republic.
Lester Grinspoon (1928–2020) American physician
Source: Marihuana Reconsidered