“I would rather be a rebel than a slave.”~Emmeline Pankhurst English political activist Emmeline Pankhurst was born on this day in 1858.
“I would rather be a rebel than a slave.”~Emmeline Pankhurst English political activist Emmeline Pankhurst was born on this day in 1858.
“Life isn't about finding yourself; it’s about creating yourself. So live the life you imagined.”~Henry David Thoreau American naturalist, essayist, poet, and philosopher Henry David Thoreau was born on this day in 1817.
“If you've not been loved as a child, you don't know how to love a child.”~Jane Gardam English writer of children's and adult fiction Jane Gardam was born on this day in 1928.
“If you are free, you are not predictable and you are not controllable.”~June Jordan American poet, essayist, teacher, and activist June Jordan was born on this day in 1936.
“The ultimate lesson all of us have to learn is unconditional love, which includes not only others but ourselves as well.”~Elisabeth Kübler-Ross Swiss-American psychiatrist Elisabeth Kübler-Ross was born on this day in 1926.
“No man ever went broke overestimating the ignorance of the American public.”~P. T. Barnum American showman, businessman, and politician, P. T. Barnum was born on this day in 1810.
“No one can take advantage of you without your permission.”~Ann Landers American advice columnist Ann Landers, aka Eppie Lederer, was born on this day in 1918.
“Lawlessness is lawlessness. Anarchy is anarchy is anarchy. Neither race nor color nor frustration is an excuse for either lawlessness or anarchy.”~Thurgood Marshall American civil rights activist, lawyer, and Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, Thurgood Marshall was born on this day in 1908.
“We all go through the same things—it’s all just a different kind of the same thing.”~Susan Glaspell American playwright, novelist, journalist, and actress, Susan Glaspell was born on this day in 1876.
“How old are you Johnny?” she asked.“Sixteen.”“And what's that-a boy or a man?”He laughed. “A boy in time of peace and a man in time of war.”~Esther Forbes(1997). “Johnny Tremain: and related readings” American novelist, historian, and children's writer, Esther Forbes was born on this day in 1891.
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