… 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 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 MOTTThe likeness we bear to Jesus is more essential than our notions of him.
LUCRETIA MOTTIn the marriage union, the independence of the husband and wife will be equal, their dependence mutual, and their obligations reciprocal.
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 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 MOTTAny great change must expect opposition, because it shakes the very foundation of privilege.
LUCRETIA MOTTLiberty is not less a blessing, because oppression has so long darkened the mind that it can not appreciate it.
LUCRETIA MOTTI 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.
LUCRETIA MOTTthe Law has made the man and wife one person, and that one person the husband!
LUCRETIA MOTTTruth for authority, not authority for truth.
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 MOTTIt is not Christianity, but priestcraft that has subjected woman as we find her.
LUCRETIA MOTTIf our principles are right, why should we be cowards?
LUCRETIA MOTTLet our lives be in accordiance with our convictions of right, each striving to carry out our principles
LUCRETIA MOTTA child, like all other human beings, has inalienable rights.
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