Famous quotes containing the words american and/or convention:
“If today there is a proper American sphere of influence it is this fragile sphere called earth upon which all men live and share a common fatea sphere where our influence must be for peace and justice.”
—Hubert H. Humphrey (19111978)
“Well encounter opposition, wont we, if we give women the same education that we give to men, Socrates says to Galucon. For then wed have to let women ... exercise in the company of men. And we know how ridiculous that would seem. ... Convention and habit are womens enemies here, and reason their ally.”
—Martha Nussbaum (b. 1947)
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