Father Quotes by Mary Frances Berry

Civil Rights opened the windows. When you open the windows, it does not mean that everybody will get through. We must create our own…

— Mary Frances Berry

Analysis can tell us what is required, but it cannot make us act.

— Mary Frances Berry

Tainting the Tea Party movement with the charge of racism is proving to be an effective strategy for Democrats. There's no evidence that Tea…

— Mary Frances Berry

When it comes to the cause of justice, I take no prisoners and I don't believe in compromise.

— Mary Frances Berry

advocating women's rights and greater opportunity for women in the workplace and in every avenue of public life is inconsistent with an insistence on…

— Mary Frances Berry

The time when you need to do something is when people are saying it can't be done.

— Mary Frances Berry

Defining child care primarily as women's sphere reinforces the devaluing of women and prevents their equal access to power.

— Mary Frances Berry

The adoring crowds and overwhelming Democratic support in the 2008 election was based largely on joy at jettisoning Bush and the appeal of electing…

— Mary Frances Berry

Civil rights laws were not passed to protect the rights of white men and do not apply to them.

— Mary Frances Berry

We need to insist on fathers and mothers sharing the care of their offspring as well as the opportunity to enjoy the fulfillment of…

— Mary Frances Berry

When you have police officers who abuse citizens, you erode public confidence in law enforcement. That makes the job of good police officers unsafe.

— Mary Frances Berry

If Rosa Parks had taken a poll before she sat down in the bus in Montgomery, she'd still be standing.

— Mary Frances Berry