Notable Quotes

I AM strong, nobody and nothing can put me down – not even discrimination, not my HIV status, and not even the fact that I am not educated. I’m standing tall knowing that I’m beautiful. – Helena Nangombe, a survivor of sexual abuse, in an article to urge people to live positively.

THERE have been other attacks, but on hikers... This is a serious incident and very unusual from the break-in of cars now and then. – Table Mountain Watch spokesperson Andre van Zyl told a newspaper after a Norwegian exchange student was raped on Signal Hill in Cape Town during the weekend.

MARGARET Thatcher did great hurt to the Irish and British people during her time as British Prime Minister. Working class communities were devastated because of her policies. – Sinn Fein president Gerry Adams said about the late former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher.

From The History Books
BEING a woman has only bothered me in climbing trees. – Frances Perkins, Civil Servant, Government Official. Cabinet member, public official, and social worker. Born on 10 April  1882 in Boston, Massachusetts. Appointed by President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Frances Perkins became the first woman to serve in the cabinet. She came to the position of secretary of labour with extensive experience in public service.

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