If You Want To Be Loved By

John Will Never Send A Boy Or Girl In A Uniform Anywhere In The World Because Of Our Need And Greed For Oil.

I Learned Something Then. And I Believe It Still. There Is A Value In Taking A Stand, Whether Or Not Anybody May Be Noticing It, And Whether Or Not It Is A Risky Thing To Do. And If Even Those Who Are In Danger Can Raise Their Lonely Voices, Isn't It More That Is Required Of All Of Us, In This Land Where Liberty Had Her Birth? In America The True Patriots Are Those Who Dare Speak Truth Through Power.

My Right To Speak My Mind, To Have A Voice, To Be What Some Have Called 'opinionated' Is A Right I Deeply And Profoundly Cherish. My Only Hope Is That, One Day Soon, Women Who Have All Earned The Right To Their Opinions -- Instead Of Being Called 'opinionated' Will Be Called Smart And Well-informed, Just Like Men.

When You're Threatened, Or Something Hard Hits You, Acknowledge It, Embrace It. Don't Pretend That You Didn't Get Hurt - Hurt, Cry, Think About It. And Then You Let It Go And Try Something Else.

As A Young Woman, I Attended Witwatersrand University In Johannesburg, South Africa, Which Was Then Not Segregated. But I Witnessed The Weight Of Apartheid Everywhere Around Me.