Judith Sargent Murray quotes
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“Were I to personify Justice, instead of presenting her blind, I would denominate her the goddess of fire. . . Of unbending integrity Justice should feel, hear and see; but truth alone should be the polar star by which she should shape her movements, and equity only should constrain her determinations.”
-- Judith Sargent MurraySource : Judith Sargent Murray (1992). “The gleaner”, Syracuse Univ Pr
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“Let there be then no coercion established in society, and the common law of gravity prevailing, the sexes will fall into their proper places.”
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“By the laws of rectitude accused Persons, however atrocious their offences, are allowed to make their defence, and by a verdict of a Jury of their Peers, they are either convicted, or acquitted. I have some times thought that we Women are hardly dealt by since strictly speaking, we cannot legally be tried by our Peers, for men are not our Peers, and yet upon their breath our guilt or innocence depends— thus are our privileges in this, as in many other respects tyrannically abridged, and we are forced to yield to necessity.”
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“A Universalist, your heart cannot but dilate, and your affections widen, until the divine expansion, like the ambient atmosphere, embraces every form, which is acted upon by an immortal spirit.”
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“Will it be said that the judgment of a male of two years old, is more sage than that of a female's of the same age? I believe the reverse is generally observed to be true. But from that period what partiality! how is the one exalted, and the other depressed, by the contrary modes of education which are adopted! the one is taught to aspire, and the other is early confined and limited. As their years increase, the sister must be wholly domesticated, while the brother is led by the hand through all the flowery paths of science.”
-- Judith Sargent MurraySource : Judith Sargent Murray, Sharon M. Harris (1995). “Selected Writings of Judith Sargent Murray”, p.6, Oxford University Press on Demand
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“Religion is 'twixt God and my own soul, Nor saint, nor sage, can boundless thought control.”
-- Judith Sargent MurraySource : Judith Sargent Murray (1992). “The gleaner”, Syracuse Univ Pr
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“I wanna be the best at what I do. I wanna sing, I wanna dance, I wanna act. That's about it.”
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“I wanted the world to know that my country Ethiopia has always won with determination and heroism.”
Source : "50 stunning Olympic moments: Abebe Bikila's 1960 marathon victory - in pictures" by Steven Bloor, www.theguardian.com. April 25, 2012.
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“Each star is a mirror reflecting the truth inside you.”
Source : Aberjhani (2012). “Visions of a Skylark Dressed in Black”, p.8, Bright Skylark Book Products
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“Stars ink your fingers with a lexicon of flame blazing rare knowledge.”
Source : Aberjhani (2010). “The River of Winged Dreams”, p.67, Lulu.com
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“I never had a policy; I have just tried to do my very best each and every day.”
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