“The Daily Telegraph reported on April 9, 1937: 'Since M. Litvinoff ousted Chicherin, no Russian has ever held a high post in the Commissariat for Foreign Affairs.' It seems that the Daily Telegraph was unaware that Chicherin's mother was a Jewess. The Russian Molotov, who became Foreign Minister later, has a Jewish wife, and one of his two assistants is the Jew, Lozovsky. It was the last-named who renewed the treaty with Japan in 1942, by which the Kamchatka fisheries provided the Japanese with an essential part of their food supplies.” TwoSeemsLastsMotherWifeEssentialsAffairJewPostsMinistersJapanAprilTreatiesSuppliesAssistantsTelegraphForeign AffairsFood SupplyFisheriesMolotov Author:Arnold Leese
“There are two kinds of speeches: the Mother Hubbard speech, which, like the garment, covers everything but touches nothing, and the French bathing suit speech, which covers only the essential points.” KindTwoMotherSpeechEssentialsSuitsGarmentsBathingBathing Suits Author:Lyndon B. Johnson
“A group of women who valued motherhood, but valued it on their own timetable, began to make a new claim, one that had never surfaced in the abortion debate before this, that abortion was a woman's right. Most significantly, they argued that this right to abortion was essential to their right to equality -- the right to be treated as individuals rather than as potential mothers.” MotherIndividualGroupsEssentialsClaimsMotherhoodDebateTreatedAbortionTimetables Book:Abortion and the Politics of Motherhood Source: Abortion and the Politics of Motherhood
“I believe the alphabet is no longer considered an essential piece of equipment for traveling through life. In my day it was the keystone to knowledge. You learned the alphabet as you learned to count to ten, as you learned "Now I lay me" and the Lord's Prayer and your father's and mother's name and address and telephone number, all in case you were lost.” BelieveMotherFatherNamesLostI BelievePrayerNumbersLordKnowledgeCasesPiecesTenEssentialsLaysAddressesEquipmentTelephonesAlphabetKeystones Book:One Writer's Beginnings Source: One Writer's Beginnings