We want better reasons for ...

We want better reasons for having children than not knowing how to prevent them. Nor should we represent motherhood as something so common and easy that everyone can go through it without harm or suffering and rear her children competently and well.
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 Dora Russell

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Feminists have emphasized for a long time the importance of each woman's individual entity and the necessity of economic independence. Perhaps it was necessary. But now I think we need some emphasis on the instinctive side of life, sex and motherhood.... Life isn't all earning your living. Unfortunately we fall in love and Feminism must take that into consideration.
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 Dora Russell
anybody who has anything abusive to say of women, whether ancient or modern, can command a vast public in the popular press and a ready agreement from the average publisher.
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 Dora Russell
We have heeded no wisdom offering guidance. Only by learning to love one another can our world be saved. Only love can conquer all.
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 Dora Russell
Democracy can only spring from practising it early, and democratic action was not to expected from young people brought up under a close authoritarian system.
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 Dora Russell