Those who go forth ministering to the wants and necessities of their fellow beings experience a rich return, their souls being as a watered garden, and a spring that faileth not
LUCRETIA MOTTThose who go forth ministering to the wants and necessities of their fellow beings experience a rich return, their souls being as a watered garden, and a spring that faileth not
LUCRETIA MOTT… my convictions led me to adhere to the sufficiency of the light within us, resting on truth as authority, rather than ‘taking authority for truth.’
LUCRETIA MOTTIt is not Christianity, but priestcraft that has subjected woman as we find her.
LUCRETIA MOTTWe too often bind ourselves by authorities rather than by the truth.
LUCRETIA MOTTIn the marriage union, the independence of the husband and wife will be equal, their dependence mutual, and their obligations reciprocal.
LUCRETIA MOTTWomen’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 MOTTLet our lives be in accordiance with our convictions of right, each striving to carry out our principles
LUCRETIA MOTTLiberty is not less a blessing, because oppression has so long darkened the mind that it can not appreciate it.
LUCRETIA MOTTthe Law has made the man and wife one person, and that one person the husband!
LUCRETIA MOTTA child, like all other human beings, has inalienable rights.
LUCRETIA MOTTThe 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 MOTTI 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 MOTTChristian soldiers armed with virtue- hearts afire with blind obsession, cannot see the difference ‘twixt compassion and oppression
LUCRETIA MOTTAny great change must expect opposition, because it shakes the very foundation of privilege.
LUCRETIA MOTTI long for the day my sisters will rise, and occupy the sphere to which they are called by their high nature and destiny.
LUCRETIA MOTTIf our principles are right, why should we be cowards?
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