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I think, with never-ending gratitude, that the young women of today do not and can never know at what price their right to free speech and to speak at all in public has been earned.
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Earn Gratitude Myself Public Right Value Women Worth Young
The politician is the creature of the public sentiment — never goes ahead of it because he depends on it . . .
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Aware Creature Depend Fact Politician Public Right Sentiment Support True
The idea of equal rights was in the air.
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Air Equality Ideas Right
I expect some new phases of life this summer, and shall try to get the honey from each moment.
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Expectation Life Moments Myself Phase Summer
I return my tax bill without paying it. My reason for doing so is that women suffer taxation yet have not representation.
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Bill Myself Pay Reason Representation Tax
Now all we need is to continue to speak the truth fearlessly, and we shall add to our number those who will turn the scale to the side of equal and full justice in all things.
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Fearless Justice Need Ourselves Result Speak Truth
We have every reason to rejoice when there are so many gains and when favorable conditions abound on every hand. The end is not yet in sight, but it can not be far away. The road before us is shorter than the road behind.
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Condition End Hands Reason Rejoice Road Short Sight
We must be true to each other.
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Each Other One Liner True
Our victory is sure to come, and I can endure anything but recreancy to principle.
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Endurance Principle Victory
But I do believe that a woman’s truest place is in a home, with a husband and with children, and with large freedom, pecuniary freedom, personal freedom, and the right to vote
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Believe Children Family Freedom Home Husband Myself Place Right
I expect to plead not for the slave only, but for suffering humanity everywhere. Especially do I mean to labor for the elevation of my sex.
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Expectation Humanity Myself Slave Suffering
The widening of woman’s sphere is to improve her lot. Let us do it, and if the world scoff, let it scoff if it sneer, let it sneer.
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Expand Herself Improvement Women World
I believe that the influence of woman will save the country before every other power.
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Believe Country Influence People Save Woman
Every new truth has its birth-place in a manger, lives thirty years, is crucified, and then deified.
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Deny Live Manager Place Truth
Christianity … that musty old theology, which already has its grave clothes on, and is about to be buried… A wall of Bible, brimstone, church and corruption has hitherto hemmed women into nothingness.
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Atheist Bury Clothes Corruption Grave Women
I was a woman before I was an abolitionist. I must speak for the women.
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Abortion Empowerment Myself Support Women

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