Allowed

Famous quotes containing the word allowed:

    There can be no more ancient and traditional American value than ignorance. English-only speakers brought it with them to this country three centuries ago, and they quickly imposed it on the Africans—who were not allowed to learn to read and write—and on the Native Americans, who were simply not allowed.
    Barbara Ehrenreich (b. 1941)

    The parent in charge is the disciplinarian.... I do not believe in letting discipline wait for another parent to handle it, nor do I think the father or mother should be allowed to become a shadowy figure who walks in the door and has to play the bad guy in the house.
    Lawrence Balter (20th century)

    Men are universally afraid of a broomstick and a woman’s tongue; if no other weapons are allowed us, let these be freely used.
    Anonymous, U.S. women’s magazine contributor. The Lily, p. 69 (September 1851)