Tamora Pierce Quotes
I've said it before and I'll say it again, my lord. You are an evil man.
Pierce, Tamora. Squire. Random House, 2001.
In 1936 FDR wanted the FBI to investigate various communist and fascist groups in the U. S. FBI director Hoover informed the President that such an investigation could only take place legally if requested by the Secretary of State who was summoned to the meeting with FDR and J. Edgar Hoover and asked his reaction:
The Congress was debating President Johnson’s Voting Rights Bill. Southern Democrats and Conservative Republicans were opposed to legislation that would prevent states from discriminating against Black and other minority voters. Johnson needed the support of minority leader Dirksen and the moderate Republicans. Dirksen was at the White House discussing the strategy for the passage of the bill. This quotation illustrates the “partisanship of the day” where opponents were quite friendly even when they were “denouncing” each other, The venom and personal disrespect and hatred of the beginning of the 21st century was absent in the 1960s even though the most radical and controversial legislation was being debated. The Civil Rights Act, the Voting Rights Act, Non Discrimination in Housing and Medicare were all passed that year with filibusters and cloture votes. Yet there was always comity.
Tamora Pierce is an American writer of fantasy fiction for teenagers, known best for stories featuring young heroines. She made a name for herself with her first book series, The Song of the Lioness (1983–1988), which followed the main character Alanna through the trials and triumphs of training as a knight.
