Ana

“Men and women should own the world as a mutual possession.”
― Pearl S. Buck, Of Men and Women

“The political institutions of a society are a key determinant of the outcome of this game. They are the rules that govern incentives in politics. They determine how the government is chosen and which part of the government has the right to do what. Political institutions determine who has power in society and to what ends that power can be used. If the distribution of power is narrow and unconstrained, then the political institutions are absolutist, as exemplified by the absolutist monarchies reigning throughout the world during much of history.”
― Daron Acemoğlu, Why Nations Fail: The Origins of Power, Prosperity, and Poverty

“A person does not grow from the ground like a vine or a tree, one is not part of a plot of land. Mankind has legs so it can wander.”
― Roman Payne, The Wanderess

“Every woman in this world wears a little sparkle, some in their dress, and some in their eyes.”
― Shahla Khan, I Want Back My SPARKLE!: Breaking the global chains of gender slavery.