8 Quotes & Sayings By Jane Elliot

Jane Elliot is an internationally recognized expert in leadership. For more than two decades she has been a leading voice on the topic of girls and leadership development, speaking to thousands of organizations, including the United States Congress, Fortune 500 companies, national media outlets, military units, universities, and professional associations across five continents. She is the author of Girls Get Real: Real Girls Real Talk About Real Issues and The Boys Are Not Coming Back: Saving Our Sons from Forces That Drive Them to Violence.

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I loved raising my kids. I loved the process, the dirt of it, the tears of it, the frustration of it, Christmas, Easter, birthdays, growth charts, pediatrician appointments. I loved all of it. Jane Elliot
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About 10, 000 years ago, males and females were acting equitably and were treating one another as equals, and then males took over the power, because they have physical power and physical strength. Jane Elliot
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Age is how we determine how valuable you are. Jane Elliot
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I'm a practicing Christian - and I'm going to keep practicing till I get it right - but I don't feel everyone has to practice the same religion that I do. You have a right to worship who you choose and how you choose to. Jane Elliot
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No white group has founded a major religion on this planet. The major religious were started in the Orient and the Middle East, not in Greece and Rome. I always knew you racists didn't have a prayer. Jane Elliot
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I love playing smart and tough and having funny lines. Jane Elliot
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Education in this country is about how to maintain the status quo and to perpetuate racism. Jane Elliot