I Always Assume That Democracy Is The

I Was A Woman In A Man's World. I Was A Democrat In A Republican Administration. I Was An Intellectual In A World Of Bureaucrats. I Talked Differently. This May Have Made Me A Bit Like An Ink Blot.

Democracy Not Only Requires Equality But Also An Unshakable Conviction In The Value Of Each Person, Who Is Then Equal. Cross Cultural Experience Teaches Us Not Simply That People Have Different Beliefs, But That People Seek Meaning And Understand Themselves In Some Sense As Members Of A Cosmos Ruled By God.

I Conclude That It Is A Fundamental Mistake To Think That Salvation, Justice, Or Virtue Come Through Merely Human Institutions.

Society Has Never Barred Women From Bread-winning Roles, But Only From Economic Roles That Are Profitable And Respectable.

All Of Us Confront Limits Of Body, Talent, Temperament. But That Is Not All. We Are, All Of Us, Also Constrained By Our Time, Our Place, Our Civilization.