There is not a woman born who desires to eat the bread of dependence, no matter whether it be from the hand of father, husband, or brother; for anyone who does so eat her bread places herself in the power of the person from whom she takes it.
SUSAN B. ANTHONYThose who are really in earnest must be willing to be anything or nothing in the world’s estimation.
More Susan B. Anthony Quotes
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Forget conventionalisms; forget what the world thinks of you stepping out of your place; think your best thoughts, speak your best words, work your best works, looking to your own conscience for approval.
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Independence is happiness.
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To be wedded to an idea may be, after all, the holiest and happiest of marriages.
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I shall earnestly and persistently continue to urge all women to the practical recognition of the old Revolutionary maxim. Resistance to tyranny is obedience to God.
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I think bicycle has done more to emancipate women than anything else in the world. It gives women a feeling of freedom and self-reliance.
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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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There is no history about which there is so much ignorance as this great movement for the establishment of equal political rights for women
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The principle of self-government cannot be violated with impunity. The individual’s right to it is sacred – regardless of class, caste, race, color, sex or any other accident or incident of birth.
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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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I will cut off this right arm of mine before I will ask for the ballot for the Negro and not for the woman.
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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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Liberty, Humanity, Justice, Equality.
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I was born a heretic. I always distrusted people who know so much about what God wants them to do to their fellows.
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It’s too bad that our bodies wear out while our interests are just as strong as ever.
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Join the union, girls, and together say Equal Pay for Equal Work.
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