I never doubted that equal rights was the right direction. Most reforms, most problems are complicated. But to me there is nothing complicated about ordinary equality.
ALICE PAUL
ALICE PAUL
Alice Paul on direction
Alice Paul15 quotes“I never doubted that equal rights was the right direction. Most reforms, most problems are complicated. But to me there is nothing complicated about ordinary equality.”
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Equality of rights under the law shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any state on account of sex.
Alice PaulAlice Paul It occurred to me that I just didn’t see how I could go ahead and continue to eat meat. It just seemed so… cannibalistic to me. And so, I’m a vegetarian, and I have been ever since.
Alice PaulAlice Paul Food simply isn’t important to me.
Alice PaulAlice Paul To me there is nothing complicated about ordinary equality.
Alice PaulAlice Paul There will never be a new world order until women are a part of it.
Alice PaulAlice Paul Abortion is the ultimate exploitation of women.
Alice PaulAlice Paul Unless women are prepared to fight politically they must be content to be ignored politically.
Alice PaulAlice Paul Men and women shall have equal rights throughout the United States and every place subject to its jurisdiction.
Alice PaulAlice Paul We women of America tell you that America is not a democracy. Twenty million women are denied the right to vote.
Alice PaulAlice Paul The Woman’s Party is made up of women of all races, creeds and nationalities who are united on the one program of working to raise the status of women.
Alice PaulAlice Paul I always feel the movement is a sort of mosaic. Each of us puts in one little stone, and then you get a great mosaic at the end.
Alice PaulAlice Paul Mr. President how long must women wait to get their liberty? Let us have the rights we deserve.
Alice PaulAlice Paul When you put your hand to the plow, you can’t put it down until you get to the end of the row.
Alice PaulAlice Paul This world crisis came about without women having anything to do with it. If the women of the world had not been excluded from world affairs, things today might have been different.
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Whenever you feel authentic and genuine, you are headed in the right direction.
James ClearJames Clear I make no manner of doubt that you threw a very diamond of truth at me, though you see it hit me so directly in the face that it wasn’t exactly appreciated, at first.
Harriet Beecher StoweHarriet Beecher Stowe One has only the choice between God and idolatry. There is no other possibility. For the faculty of worship is in us, and it is either directed somewhere into this world, or into another.
Simone WeilSimone Weil Rejection is redirection.
Sheleana AiyanaSheleana Aiyana A very small shift in direction can lead to a very meaningful change in destination.
James ClearJames Clear If you are successful, it is because somewhere, sometime, someone gave you a life or an idea that started you in the right direction. Remember also that you are indebted to life until you help some less fortunate person, just as you were helped.
Melinda GatesMelinda Gates When your every thought and your every action is directed to your ultimate life goals, you become unstoppable and assured of great success and happiness.
Robin SharmaRobin Sharma It is only necessary to know that love is a direction and not a state of the soul. If one is unaware of this, one falls to despair at the first onslaught of affliction.
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