Lucretia Mott on authority
Lucretia Mott23 quotes“We too often bind ourselves by authorities rather than by the truth.”
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The world has never yet seen a truly great and virtuous nation, because in the degradation of women, the very fountains of life are poisoned at their source.
Lucretia MottLucretia Mott I grew up so thoroughly imbued with women’s rights that it was the most important question of my life from a very early day.
Lucretia MottLucretia Mott Truth for authority, not authority for truth.
Lucretia MottLucretia Mott Women’s property has been taxed, equally with that of men’s, to sustain colleges endowed by the states; but they have not been permitted to enter those high seminaries of learning.
Lucretia MottLucretia Mott the Law has made the man and wife one person, and that one person the husband!
Lucretia MottLucretia Mott Weep not for me. Rather let your tears flow for the sorrows of the multitude. My work is done. Like a ripe fruit I admit the gathering. Death has no terrors for it is a wise law of nature. I am ready whenever the summons may come.
Lucretia MottLucretia Mott Any great change must expect opposition, because it shakes the very foundation of privilege.
Lucretia MottLucretia Mott In the marriage union, the independence of the husband and wife will be equal, their dependence mutual, and their obligations reciprocal.
Lucretia MottLucretia Mott It is not Christianity, but priestcraft that has subjected woman as we find her.
Lucretia MottLucretia Mott I long for the day my sisters will rise, and occupy the sphere to which they are called by their high nature and destiny.
Lucretia MottLucretia Mott Let our lives be in accordiance with our convictions of right, each striving to carry out our principles
Lucretia MottLucretia Mott If our principles are right, why should we be cowards?
Lucretia MottLucretia Mott I have no idea of submitting tamely to injustice inflicted either on me or on the slave. I will oppose it with all the moral powers with which I am endowed. I am no advocate of passivity.
Lucretia MottLucretia Mott The legal theory is, that marriage makes the husband and wife one person, and that person is the husband.
Lucretia MottLucretia Mott I resolved to claim for my sex all that an impartial Creator had bestowed, which, by custom and a perverted application of the Scriptures, had been wrested from woman.
Lucretia MottLucretia Mott A child, like all other human beings, has inalienable rights.
Lucretia MottLucretia Mott
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Lewis HowesLewis Howes We ought even to hold as a fixed principle that what I see white I believe to be black, if the superior authorities define it to be so.
Ignatius of LoyolaIgnatius of Loyola When once a certain class of people has been placed by the temporal and spiritual authorities outside the ranks of those whose life has value, then nothing comes more naturally to men than murder.
Simone WeilSimone Weil When you discover your gift and authority, that gift attracts people. When people come to you, they are not really coming to you for you but for the gift and the vision that you are serving the humanity of your generation with.
Myles MunroeMyles Munroe I really rebel against authority.
Mariah CareyMariah Carey I don’t feel I can speak with authority for many other people.
V.S. NaipaulV.S. Naipaul That science has long been neglected and declining in England, is not an opinion originating with me, but is shared by many, and has been expressed by higher authority than mine.
Charles BabbageCharles Babbage By ensuring that no one in government has too much power, the Constitution helps protect ordinary Americans every day against abuse of power by those in authority.
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