“To get that word, male, out of the Constitution, cost the women of this country fifty-two years of pauseless campaign; 56 state referendum campaigns; 480 legislative campaigns to get state suffrage amendments submitted; 47 state constitutional convention campaigns; 277 state party convention campaigns; 30 national party convention campaigns to get suffrage planks in the party platforms; 19 campaigns with 19 successive Congresses to get the federal amendment submitted, and the final ratification campaign.” YearsTwoCountryStatesPartyCostConstitutionMalesFinalsCongressEqualityCampaignsDiscriminationFiftyTwo YearsConventionsAmendmentsPlatformsSuffrageReferendumsConstitutional Convention Author:Carrie Chapman Catt
“The convention is the voice, the bone and the sinews of a political party-and sometimes it even nominates an Abraham Lincoln.” SometimesPoliticalVoicePartyBonesConventionsPolitical PartiesAbraham Author:Fletcher Knebel
“The Republican convention, an event with the intellectual content of a Guns'n'Roses lyric attended by every ofay insurance brokerin America who owns a pair of white shoes.” AmericaWhitePartyEventsRepublicanIntellectualGunRoseShoesPairsConventionsRepublican PartyGuns N RosesWhite Shoes Book:Parliament of Whores: A Lone Humorist Attempts to Explain the Entire U.S. Government Source: Parliament of Whores: A Lone Humorist Attempts to Explain the Entire U.S. Government
“I knew Thomas Jefferson. He was a friend of mine. And believe me, you are no Thomas Jefferson. (at 1992 Republican party convention, referring to Bill Clinton)” BelievePartyMinesRepublicanBillsClintonConventionsBelieve In MeRepublican PartyReferring Author:Ronald Reagan
“When Pixies broke up in 1993, I gave up the drums for the longest time. I hadn't been doing a lot, but I ended up attending a magic convention that initially got me interested. I took classes, bought videos, and practiced relentlessly. I began performing at parties and soon realized that developing an on-stage routine is often tougher than being a musician. I focused my act on magic that incorporated as much science as it did entertainment, which was really satisfying for me.” PartyClassMagicStageMusicianEntertainmentFocusedVideoDevelopingBrokePerformingRoutineSatisfyingConventionsGave UpAttendingBroke UpPixies Author:David Lovering