We may say that many, if not all, of the personality traits which we have called masculine or feminine are as lightly linked to sex as are the clothing, the manners, and the form of headdress that a society at a given period assigns to either sex. Margaret Mead
Our Constitution wisely assigns both joint and separate roles to each branch of the government; and a President and a Congress who hold each other in mutual respect will neither permit nor attempt any trespass. John F. Kennedy
Men are so quick to blame the gods: they say that we devise their misery. But they themselves- in their depravity- design grief greater than the griefs that fate assigns. Homer
God assigns as a duty to every man the dignity of every woman. Pope John Paul II
I propose to value them according to their character, and not according to their duties. Each man acquires his character for himself, but accident assigns his duties. Seneca
Whatever the universal nature assigns to any man at any time is for the good of that man at that time. Marcus Aurelius