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Born at the Crest of the Empire

Friday, October 14, 2005

Just ran across this.

On this day......

On October 14, 1905, former president Grover Cleveland wrote an article for 'Ladies Home Journal,' opposing women's voting rights. His words: "We all know how much further women go than men in their social rivalries and jealousies...sensible and responsible women do not want to vote. The relative positions to be assumed by men and women in the working out of our civilization were assigned long ago by a higher intelligence."

Bigotry is always proved wrong. Oh, and note his absolute certainty in his knowledge that the "higher intelligence" supported his position.

That's always wrong, too.

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