Power Split

Famous quotes containing the words power and/or split:

“It is in vain that we would circumscribe the power of one half of our race, and that half by far the most important and influential. If they exert it not for good, they will for evil; if they advance not knowledge, they will perpetuate ignorance. Let women stand where they may in the scale of improvement, their position decides that of the race.”
—Frances Wright (1795–1852)

“What would happen if one woman told the truth about her life?
The world would split open”
—Muriel Rukeyser (1913–1980)