Martha Shelley quotes
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“...I discovered that I could take a risk and survive. I could march in Philadelphia. I could go out in the street and be gay evenin a dress or a skirt without getting shot. Each victory gave me courage for the next one.”
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“I have met many feminists who were not Lesbians but I have never met a Lesbian who was not a feminist.”
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“A woman who doesn't care what men think of her - ah, this is dangerous. This is the worst conceivable insult to the male ego.”
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“...there was the annual Fourth of July picketing at Independence Hall in Philadelphia. ...I thought it was ridiculous to have to go there in a skirt. But I did it anyway because it was something that might possibly have an effect. I remember walking around in my little white blouse and skirt and tourists standing there eating their ice cream cones and watching us like the zoo had opened.”
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“If you want to achieve a high goal, you're going to have to take some chances.”
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“True courage is not the brutal force of vulgar heroes, but the firm resolve of virtue and reason.”
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Source : Source: archive.alternativenation.net
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