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  • “There is a significant moral difference between a person who commits a violent crime and a person who tries to cross a border illegally in order to put food on the family table. Such migrants may violate our laws against illicit entry, but if that's all they do they are trespassers, not criminals. They deserve to have their dignity respected.”

    Madeline Albright

    1937 –

  • “What do I think about the way most people dress? Most people are not something one thinks about.”

    Diana Vreeland

    1903 – 1989

  • “No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.”

    Rosa Parks

    1913 – 2005

  • “If it's a woman, it's caustic; if it's a man, it's authoritative.”

    Barbara Walters

    1929 –

  • “You may have a fresh start any moment you choose, for this thing that we call ‘failure’ is not the falling down, but the staying down.”

    Mary Pickford

    1892 – 1979

  • “When morality comes up against profit, it is seldom that profit loses.”

    Shirley Chisholm

    1924 – 2005

  • “Always remember that you are unique. Just like everyone else.”

    Margaret Mead

    1901 – 1979

  • “The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of sex.”

    Carrie Chapman Catt

    1859 – 1947

  • “Don’t drown in self-pity. Swish your feet a little, then get out and play”.”

    Kay Yow

    1942 – 2009

  • “When you play, when you win the gold medal, you aren’t just playing for yourself, you aren’t just winning the medal for yourselves. You’re winning it for thousands of little girls across the country who want to do what you’re doing.”

    Patsy Mink

    1927 – 2002

  • “You know, you go home and you try on a new mascara, and I guess a male CEO can't do that.”

    Andrea Jung

    1959 –

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