Martha Griffiths quotes

Martha Griffiths quotes

last updated: November 28, 2023

“All I want to be is human and American and have all the same rights and I will shut up.”
-- Martha Griffiths

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“Before I leave this Earth, I would like to know they have given women the same benefits and promotions as men.”
-- Martha Griffiths

#Men Quotes #Benefits Quotes #Earth Quotes
“Give us a chance to show you that those so-called protective laws to aid women - however well intentioned originally - have become in fact restraints, which keep wife, abandoned wife, and widow alike from supporting her family.”
-- Martha Griffiths

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“Keep your eye on the main event.”
-- Martha Griffiths

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“The biggest problem in politics is that you help some S.O.B. get what he wants and then he throws you out of the train.”
-- Martha Griffiths

#Want Quotes #Helping Quotes #Problem Quotes
“It is a different world and they [the Supreme Court] should speak for justice, not prejudice.... I seek justice, not in some distant tomorrow, not in some study commission, but now while I Iive.”
-- Martha Griffiths

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