Quote by Patricia Ireland
When I started law school I was shocked to learn that our legal sy

When I started law school I was shocked to learn that our legal system traditionally had the man as the head and master of the family. As late as the 70s and 80s when we were fighting for the Equal Rights Amendment, states like Louisiana still had a head and master law. – Patricia Ireland

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Women are called upon to defend every bit of progress we have made against particularly virulent attack. But we must also hold out a vision, put forth a positive agenda of what women need and want and then move forward toward that dream. – Patricia Ireland

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Some of us may just, in one-on-one conversations with our family, with our friends, over the back fence with our neighbors, talk about the reality of our lives and realize that were not alone, that we have a right to be physically safe and emotionally safe in our own homes. – Patricia Ireland

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I know that it isnt just violence against women, its how do we support ourselves and our families, how do we deal with health care for ourselves and our families? Its a bigger picture. – Patricia Ireland

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Today, corruption has won and justice has lost. I brought corruption cases in good faith involving powerful people, and the political and legal establishment blatantly covered up and retaliated by targeting my law license. – Andrew Thomas

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In law, nothing is certain but the expense. – Samuel Butler

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The law has no compassion. And justice is administered without compassion. – Christopher Darden

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Above all, we must have great respect for these people who also suffer and who want to find their own way of correct living. On the other hand, to create a legal form of a kind of homosexual marriage, in reality, does not help these people. – Joseph Ratzinger

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