Man is not by nature a tyrant, but becomes a tyrant by power conferred on him.
LUCRETIA MOTT
If our principles are right, why should we be cowards?
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If our principles are right, why should we be cowards?
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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.
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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.
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In the marriage union, the independence of the husband and wife will be equal, their dependence mutual, and their obligations reciprocal.
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It is not Christianity, but priestcraft that has subjected woman as we find her.
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Liberty is not less a blessing, because oppression has so long darkened the mind that it can not appreciate it.
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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.
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Any great change must expect opposition, because it shakes the very foundation of privilege.
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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
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The likeness we bear to Jesus is more essential than our notions of him.
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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.
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A child, like all other human beings, has inalienable rights.
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