Anna Howard Shaw Quotes
Now one of two things is true: Either a republic is a desirable form of government, or else it is not.
Shaw, Anna Howard. "The Fundamental Principle of a Republic." 21 June 1915, City Auditorium, Ogden, UT. Speech.
There are some who have argued that the United States 20th century of world dominance was an empire. Perhaps so, but it did not have most of the characteristics that Thucydides and most others thought of as characteristics of empire—occupation of nations, rule by the Imperial country, privilege in other nations of the Empire, control. Most important, in historical empires, money—in the form of taxes or goods was commandeered by the Empire for the mother country. The US taxed no one, and money flowed the other way in the most generous sharing of foreign aid in human history. The United States had great influence and was able to exert economic and sometimes military pressure on many nations of the world; American culture was adopted by many nations, but America rarely behaved as Empires historically did.
Commenting on the concept of democracy and it's lack of Biblical justification:
Anna Howard Shaw was a leader of the women's suffrage movement in the United States. She was also a physician and one of the first ordained female Methodist ministers in the United States.
