"But, based on my friendship with Evie as young mothers, I started going on freedom rides in 1966." ― June Jordan Topic(s): Friendship More From June Jordan "That attitude that fighting is probably not fair, but you have to defend yourself anyway and damage the enemy, has been profoundly consequential as far as my political activism goes." "Poetry is a political act because it involves telling the truth." "The courts cannot garnish a father’s salary, nor freeze his account, nor seize his property on behalf of his children, in our society. Apparently this is because a kid is not a car or a couch or a boat." More In Friendship "Peace, commerce and honest friendship with all nations; entangling alliances with none."― Thomas Jefferson "I’ve got many close friends, but there’s an awful lot about friendship that is not demonstrative in my case."― Warren Christopher "If it’s very painful for you to criticize your friends – you’re safe in doing it. But if you take the slightest pleasure in it, that’s the time to hold your tongue."― Alice Duer Miller