Belva Ann Lockwood Quotes
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Men always say, "Let's see what you can do." If we always talk and never work we will not accomplish anything.
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I know we can't abolish prejudice through laws, but we can set up guidelines for our actions by legislation.
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If nations could only depend upon fair and impartial judgments in a world court of law, they would abandon the senseless, savage practice of war.
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Reforms are slow, but they never go backward.
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The glory of each generation is to make its own precedents.
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No one can claim to be called Christian who gives money for the building of warships and arsenals.
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We can't abolish prejudice through laws.
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I do not believe in sex distinction in literature, law, politics, or trade-or that modesty and virtue are more becoming to women than to men, but wish we had more of it everywhere.
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