… 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 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 MOTTWe too often bind ourselves by authorities rather than by the truth.
LUCRETIA MOTTChristian soldiers armed with virtue- hearts afire with blind obsession, cannot see the difference ‘twixt compassion and oppression
LUCRETIA MOTTIf our principles are right, why should we be cowards?
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 MOTTWeep 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 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 MOTTTruth for authority, not authority for truth.
LUCRETIA MOTTMan is not by nature a tyrant, but becomes a tyrant by power conferred on him.
LUCRETIA MOTTA child, like all other human beings, has inalienable rights.
LUCRETIA MOTTIn the marriage union, the independence of the husband and wife will be equal, their dependence mutual, and their obligations reciprocal.
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 MOTTThe legal theory is, that marriage makes the husband and wife one person, and that person is the husband.
LUCRETIA MOTTIt is not Christianity, but priestcraft that has subjected woman as we find her.
LUCRETIA MOTTthe Law has made the man and wife one person, and that one person the husband!
LUCRETIA MOTTLiberty is not less a blessing, because oppression has so long darkened the mind that it can not appreciate it.
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