“I'm full of clichés - I was raised by a Southern black woman and they had a saying for everything.” Quote by Willie Parker
“There's a willful ignorance. We indulge people who are willfully misrepresenting the facts. I don't think those [anti-choice] congresspeople are as much benignly misguided as they are intentionally and willfully ignorant of the facts of reproduction. That lends itself very well to them being ideologically driven and carrying out agendas that, if they were to be really honest about the facts, would be a tougher sell.” PeopleIfsThinkingWellsFactsWould BeChoicesHonestIgnoranceSellsDrivenIgnorantAgendasIndulgeReproductionMisguidedWillful Ignorance Author:Willie Parker
“The worst thing we can do is to assume that the Electoral College [voting] resulting in the election of Donald Trump represents a mandate. It does not. He did not get the majority of the popular vote; that went to Hillary Clinton. That means those votes represent the consciousness of the nation, which is that abortion should be legal, that contraception and family planning are health issues and prevention, that a woman's right to reproductive privacy is the law of the land and should remain such.” ShouldMeanDoeLawNationsCan DoConsciousnessIssuesLandWorstCollegeTrumpVoteElectionMajorityAssumingClintonPlanningAbortionVotingPrivacyWorst ThingsMandatesPreventionContraceptionFamily PlanningHealth IssuesElectoral CollegePopular Vote Author:Willie Parker
“Certainly, my friends and the common narrative is people are trying to shore up their own lives with regards to family planning and reproduction.” PeopleTryingCommonMy FriendsRegardPlanningNarrativeShoreReproductionFamily Planning Author:Willie Parker
“The US government is like an ocean liner, not like a speed boat. It's harder to turn around than people might think.” PeopleThinkingGovernmentMightTurnsOceanHarderSpeedBoat Author:Willie Parker
“I just want to remind people that the task of those who support reproductive rights and reproductive justice didn't change based on who is in the White House. We have leadership that is not supportive of what we're trying to do, but the demand for justice shouldn't be modulated.” PeopleWantTryingHouseJusticeWhiteSupportRightsDemandTasksWhite HouseSupportiveReproductive Rights Author:Willie Parker
“We can take that as a notion that we don't know exactly what [Trump] is going to do, but we can't afford to take a position of waiting around to see.” KnowsWaitingPositionTrumpNotionWaiting Around Author:Willie Parker
“We have to work under the assumption that the things that we fought hard for to protect women will be under assault, and we have to bring all our creativity and our energy to bear to preserve those things, no matter who is in the White House.” MatterHardHouseEnergyWhiteCreativityBearsProtectPreservesAssumptionWhite HouseAssaultProtect Women Author:Willie Parker
“Since the revelations, we have seen a massive sea change in the technological basis and makeup of the Internet.” SeaInternetBasesRevelationsMakeupMassiveTechnologicalSea Change Author:Edward Snowden
“As a former small business owner, I recognize both the important role small businesses play in our economy and the broad universe of challenges that small business owners face in trying to make ends meet.” TryingImportantEndsPlayFacesUniverseChallengesRolesEconomyFormerOwnersBroadsSmall BusinessBusiness OwnersSmall Business Owners Author:Sue Kelly
“A different [Ronald] Reagan-era authority: EO 12333, an executive order for foreign-intelligence collection, as opposed to the ones we now use domestically. So this one isn't even authorized by law. It's just an old-ass piece of paper with Reagan's signature on it, which has been updated a couple times since then. So what happened was that all of a sudden these massive, behemoth companies realized their data centers - sending hundreds of millions of people's communications back and forth every day - were completely unprotected, electronically naked.” PeopleHas BeensDifferentUseLawOrderCompanyMillionsPiecesHappenedCommunicationCoupleAuthorityPaperNakedAssDataErasCollectionsExecutivesMassiveBack And ForthSignaturesExecutive OrdersBehemothData Centers Author:Edward Snowden