People
Maria (given name) is a given name, usually for a female:
- Maria Feodorovna (Dagmar of Denmark)
- Grand Duchess Maria Nikolaevna of Russia
- Maria (daughter of Maurice), the name of a supposed daughter of Maurice, Byzantine Emperor
- Maria Prophetissa, Mary the Jewess, reputed founder of alchemy first mentioned by Zosimus
- Maria (gens), a plebeian family of Ancient Rome
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“Our great Republic is a government of laws and not of men. Here, the people rule.”
—Gerald R. Ford (b. 1913)
“What passes for identity in America is a series of myths about one’s heroic ancestors. It’s astounding to me, for example, that so many people really seem to believe that the country was founded by a band of heroes who wanted to be free. That happens not to be true. What happened was that some people left Europe because they couldn’t stay there any longer and had to go someplace else to make it. They were hungry, they were poor, they were convicts.”
—James Baldwin (1924–1987)
“When a man gets up to speak, people listen, then look. When a woman gets up, people look; then, if they like what they see, they listen.”
—Pauline Frederick (1883–1938)