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Maggie Kuhn
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“Power should not be concentrated in the hands of so few, and powerlessness in the hands of so many.”
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“What we have is 'sickness' care.”
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“The ultimate indignity is to be given a bedpan by a stranger who calls you by your first name.”
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“I'm having a glorious old age. One of my greatest delights is that I have outlived most of my opposition.”
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“Speak your mind even if your voice shakes. Well aimed slingshots can topple giants.”
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“Old age is not a disease — it is strength and survivorship, triumph over all kinds of vicissitudes and disappointments, trials and illnesses ...”
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“Learning and sex until rigor mortis.”
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“There are six myths about old age: 1. That it's a disease, a disaster. 2. That we are mindless. 3. That we are sexless. 4. That we are useless. 5. That we are powerless. 6. That we are all alike.”
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“There must be a goal at every stage of life! There must be a goal!”
Maggie Kuhn, U.S. writer, founder of Gray Panthers, activist
(1905 - 1995)
Full name: Margaret E. Kuhn.