“Sometimes I dream of social change. I get a streak of faith in Evolution and the good in humanity. I paint a gradual slipping out of the now, to that beautiful then, where there are neither kings, presidents, landlords, national bankers, stockbrokers, railroad magnates, patentright monopolists, or tax and title collectors; where there are no over-stocked markets or hungry children, splendor and misery, waste and need. I am told this is farfetched idealism, to paint this happy, povertyless, crimeless, diseaseless world, and I have been told I ought to be behind bars for it.” ~Voltairine de Cleyre (1866 – 1912), American anarchist writer and feminist

Posted on July 17, 2014 by underthebluedoor • Posted in Quotes • 1 Comment

So inspired by the badass women throughout history who were brave enough to speak their truth in spite of heavy opposition from society.

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