Any great change must expect opposition, because it shakes the very foundation of privilege.
LUCRETIA MOTTthe Law has made the man and wife one person, and that one person the husband!
More Lucretia Mott Quotes
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Truth for authority, not authority for truth.
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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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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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Christian soldiers armed with virtue- hearts afire with blind obsession, cannot see the difference ‘twixt compassion and oppression
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I long for the day my sisters will rise, and occupy the sphere to which they are called by their high nature and destiny.
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A child, like all other human beings, has inalienable rights.
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Man is not by nature a tyrant, but becomes a tyrant by power conferred on him.
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The legal theory is, that marriage makes the husband and wife one person, and that person is the husband.
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It is not Christianity, but priestcraft that has subjected woman as we find her.
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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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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.
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The likeness we bear to Jesus is more essential than our notions of him.
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… 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.’
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If our principles are right, why should we be cowards?
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