#claim

Because Lincoln is so closely identified with what it is to be American, everyone wants to claim him, to rewrite his story to satisfy their own particular needs. For my own people, it was important to imagine him as the Great Emancipator, the Moses who led us out of slavery. ↗

— Henry Louis Gates

#because #claim #closely #everyone #great

And whereas women had to fight to find their way into the workforce, men are now fighting to reclaim their place in the family structure. ↗

— Bob Geldof

#family structure #fight #fighting #find #had

He who sees the truth, let him proclaim it, without asking who is for it or who is against it. ↗

— Henry George

#asking #him #proclaim #sees #truth

No one can claim to be called Christian who gives money for the building of warships and arsenals. ↗

— Belva Lockwood

#building #called #christian #claim #gives

Coming out is a means of redefining oneself, of claiming membership in a lifestyle and a social order with distinct values. Chief among these values is honesty. ↗

— Lance Loud

#chief #claiming #coming #distinct #honesty

Proclaiming a sexual preference is something that straight men never really have to bother with. ↗

— Lance Loud

#men #never #preference #proclaiming #really

The ability and desire to transform the mundane materials at hand that we both bring into the collaboration well beyond the sum total of the parts - to birth a new baby neither of us could claim single parentage of. ↗

— Gary Lucas

#baby #beyond #birth #both #bring

Show me a man who claims he is objective and I'll show you a man with illusions. ↗

— Henry R. Luce

#i #illusions #man #me #objective

Save for minor ailments and accident, my battalion is practically immune from sickness; colds come and go as a matter of course, sprains and cuts claim momentary attention, but otherwise the health of the battalion is perfect. ↗

— Patrick MacGill

#ailments #attention #battalion #claim #come

Turn where we may, within, around, the voice of great events is proclaiming to us, Reform, that you may preserve! ↗

— Thomas B. Macaulay

#events #great #may #preserve #proclaiming