Reconstruction

Where there is a

Where there is a worker, there lies a nation. Evita Peron

I didn’t have to

I didn’t have to undergo reconstructive surgery. Eva Herzigova

Thus these three amendments to the Constitution [13th, 14th, 15th] were ratified while the ten Southern states were under martial law, and had no law at all. The Force Acts, the four Reconstruction Acts, and the Civil Rights Act were all passed by Congress while the Southern states were not allowed to hold free elections, … Read more

Indeed, I was unable

Indeed, I was unable to find any evidence whatsoever of the occurrence of a drastic evolutionary acceleration and genetic reconstruction in widespread, populous species. Ernst Mayr

I’d like to be

I’d like to be remembered as someone who showed up for the job. I consider myself a worker. Ernie Harwell

We further decree that

We further decree that the Senate of the United States elect a prominent Democrat as their presiding officer, to act as President until the next election, and to reconstruct the Cabinet according to our wishes hereafter to be declared. Emperor Norton

Let our first care

Let our first care today be the re-establishment of our physical strength, the reconstruction of our national organism, so that in future, where the respect due to us cannot be won by entreaty, it may be commanded, and where it cannot be commanded, it may be enforced. Emma Lazarus

I love the mystery,

I love the mystery, the reconstruction of history, and the way past and future define each other. Elizabeth Crook

We demand in the

We demand in the Reconstruction suffrage for all the citizens of the Republic. I would not talk of Negroes or women, but of citizens. Elizabeth Cady Stanton

the explanation of the

the explanation of the ebb and flow of the women’s movement … is partly psychological. During those early post-war years when successes came thick and fast and were almost thrust upon us, the nation was still under the influence of the reconstruction spirit, when everything seemed possible … A few years later the nation had … Read more