It is downright mockery to talk to women of their enjoyment of the blessings of liberty while they are denied the use of the only means of securing them provided by this democratic-republican government: the ballot.
SUSAN B. ANTHONYI declare to you that woman must not depend upon the protection of man, but must be taught to protect herself, and there I take my stand.
More Susan B. Anthony Quotes
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No self-respecting woman should wish or work for the success of a party who ignores her sex.
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What an absurd notion that women have not intellectual and moral faculties sufficent for anything else but domestic concerns!
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Wherever women gather together failure is impossible.
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To no form of religion is woman indebted for one impulse of freedom.
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Marriage, to women as to men, must be a luxury, not a necessity; an incident of life, not all of it.
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A republican government should be based on free and equal education among the people.
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I do not consider divorce an evil by any means. It is just as much a refuge for women married to brutal men as Canada was to the slaves of brutal masters.
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I think the girl who is able to earn her own living and pay her own way should be as happy as anybody on earth. The sense of independence and security is very sweet.
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Those of you who have the talent to do honor to poor womanhood, have all given yourself over to baby-making.
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Liberty, Humanity, Justice, Equality.
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White men have always controlled their wives’ wages.
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Not one of our national officers ever has had a dollar of salary. I retire on full pay!
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Oh, if I could but live another century and see the fruition of all the work for women! There is so much yet to be done.
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It is only through a wholesome discontent with things as they are, that we ever try to make them any better.
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Join the union, girls, and together say Equal Pay for Equal Work.
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