Squeezed States

Famous quotes containing the words squeezed and/or states:

    “Tonight,
    I must go to that lucky man
    and in the blinding dark.”
    Thinking that,
    a respectable woman,
    eyes squeezed shut,
    practices walking in her house.
    Hla Stavhana (c. 50 A.D.)

    The moment a mere numerical superiority by either states or voters in this country proceeds to ignore the needs and desires of the minority, and for their own selfish purpose or advancement, hamper or oppress that minority, or debar them in any way from equal privileges and equal rights—that moment will mark the failure of our constitutional system.
    Franklin D. Roosevelt (1882–1945)