Quote by June Jordan
I am a feminist, and what that means to me is much the same as the

I am a feminist, and what that means to me is much the same as the meaning of the fact that I am Black: it means that I must undertake to love myself and to respect myself as though my very life depends upon self-love and self-respect. – June Jordan

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I wrote those poems for myself, as a way of being a soldier here in this country. I didnt know the poems would travel. I didnt go to Lebanon until two years ago, but people told me that many Arabs had memorized these poems and translated them into Arabic. – June Jordan

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That attitude that fighting is probably not fair, but you have to defend yourself anyway and damage the enemy, has been profoundly consequential as far as my political activism goes. – June Jordan

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We do not deride the fears of prospering white America. A nation of violence and private property has every reason to dread the violated and the deprived. – June Jordan

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I was raised Jewish, my wife was raised Catholic. Though we respect each others heritage, and while many of our friends are deeply religious, we have chosen to focus on our similarities, not our differences. We teach our children compassion, charity, honesty and the benefits of hard work. – Steven Levitan

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And they like being able to turn on the television day in and day out to see someone that they know and they feel comfortable with and trust hopefully and respect even. – Katie Couric

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The Bee Gees, to us, was the three brothers. In Maurices name, we would respect that and not be the Bee Gees anymore. – Robin Gibb

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Anybody who asks for democracy to be introduced should respect the results of democracy. – Ismail Haniyeh

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