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— Jane Smiley"In every society, the artists will be the ones who set themselves up as contrary to whatever the society expects."
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I must say that, beyond occasionally exposing me to laughter, my constitutional shyness has been no dis-advantage whatever. In fact I can see that, on the contrary, it has been all to my advantage.
— Mahatma Gandhi
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Resolved, That all laws which prevent women from occupying such a station in society as her conscience shall dictate, or which place her in a position inferior to that of man, are contrary to the great precept of nature, and therefore of no force or authority.
— Elizabeth Cady Stanton
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