Dignity Quotes
Battle was the grandson of a Revolutionary war soldier and the son of a former slave. He was the first person inducted into the New York City Police Force when it was first organized after the consolidation of the boroughs in 1898. He became the first Black Police Sargent and the first Black Lieutenant of the city and was probably the only Black senior police officer in the country at that time.
Executed by the English for his part in the Easter Uprising.
President Johnson said this after a meeting with governors from the South and border states, who had criticized his policies on civil rights as well as his vocal support of expanded rights for blacks
In 1811 Jefferson had a slightly different version: The happiness and prosperity of our citizens is the only legitimate object of government.
The "wisdom" of the Ancient Greek world included ideas detramental to society like these. The sexist view that women--like children--should not express their opinions and remain silent had its roots in the Ancient world where this "principle" was elucidated.
See Delores Ibarruri {604321} and Franklin Delano Roosevelt used the notion in his Third Inaugural Address {32529}. But earlier Mexican Revolutionary Emiliano Zapata uttered a similar sentiment: {46999}.
