I declare to you that woman must not depend upon the protection of man, but must be taught to protect herself, and there I take my stand.
SUSAN B. ANTHONYTrust me that as I ignore all law to help the slave, so will I ignore it all to protect an enslaved woman.
More Susan B. Anthony Quotes
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When a man says to me, ‘Let us work together in the great cause you have undertaken, and let me be your companion and aid, for I admire you more than I have ever admired any other woman,’ then I shall say, ‘I am yours truly’; but he must ask me to be his equal, not his slave.
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There never will be complete equality until women themselves help to make laws and elect lawmakers.
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The older I get, the greater power I seem to have to help the world; I am like a snowball – the further I am rolled the more I gain.
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No genuine equality, no real freedom, no true manhood or womanhood can exist on any foundation save that of pecuniary independence.
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Cautious, careful people, always casting about to preserve their reputations – can never effect a reform.
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The women of this nation in 1876, have greater cause for discontent, rebellion and revolution than the men of 1776.
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Our Job is not to make young women grateful. It is to make the ungrateful so they keep going. Gratitude never radicalized anybody.
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Governments never do any great good things from mere principle, from mere love of justice.
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I think the girl who is able to earn her own living and pay her own way should be as happy as anybody on earth. The sense of independence and security is very sweet.
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Trust me that as I ignore all law to help the slave, so will I ignore it all to protect an enslaved woman.
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There shall never be another season of silence until women have the same rights men have on this green earth.
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The religious persecution of the ages has been done under what was claimed to be the command of God.
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Liberty, Humanity, Justice, Equality.
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There is not a woman born who desires to eat the bread of dependence, no matter whether it be from the hand of father, husband, or brother; for anyone who does so eat her bread places herself in the power of the person from whom she takes it.
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Equal Pay for Equal Work.
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