Inspirational Quotes
Words to motivate, inspire, and guide you.
Historical Context Quotes
Cultural InfluenceHistorical ContextNational IdentityPerception of SpaceScience and Discovery All Plutophiles are based in America. If you go to other countries, they have much less of an attachment to either the existence or preservation of Pluto as a planet. Once you investigate that, you find out that Disney's dog Pluto was sketched the same year the cosmic object was discovered. And Pluto was discovered by an American.
EducationGender InequalityHistorical Context My law school class in the late 1950s numbered over 500. That class included less than 10 women.
Constitutional lawHistorical ContextLegal SystemsPolitical Philosophy I would not look to the U.S. Constitution if I were drafting a constitution in 2012.
AssertivenessEmpowermentGender RolesHistorical ContextWomen S Rights We needed to be assertive as women in those days - assertive and aggressive - and the degree to which we had to be that way depended on where you were. I had to be.
Historical ContextInternational PerspectiveLegal InterpretationPatriotism The notion that it is improper to look beyond the borders of the United States in grappling with hard questions has a certain kinship to the view that the U.S. Constitution is a document essentially frozen in time as of the date of its ratification.
ExploitationHistorical ContextPower DynamicsWealth Inequality Europe became rich because it exploited Africa; and the Africans know that.
