For a people is only as great, as free, as lofty, as advanced as its women are free, noble and progressive.
SUSAN B. ANTHONYFor a people is only as great, as free, as lofty, as advanced as its women are free, noble and progressive.
SUSAN B. ANTHONYNo genuine equality, no real freedom, no true manhood or womanhood can exist on any foundation save that of pecuniary independence.
SUSAN B. ANTHONYWoman must have a purse of her own, and how can this be so long as the law denies to the wife all right to both the individual and the joint earnings?
SUSAN B. ANTHONYThose of you who have the talent to do honor to poor womanhood, have all given yourself over to baby-making.
SUSAN B. ANTHONYFor every betrayed woman, there is always the betrayer, man.
SUSAN B. ANTHONYI do not demand equal pay for any women save those who do equal work in value. Scorn to be coddled by your employers; make them understand that you are in their service as workers, not as women.
SUSAN B. ANTHONYThe women of this nation in 1876, have greater cause for discontent, rebellion and revolution than the men of 1776.
SUSAN B. ANTHONYWhy should we not pray to our mother who are in heaven, as well as to our father?
SUSAN B. ANTHONYWhite men have always controlled their wives’ wages.
SUSAN B. ANTHONYInconsistency is the jewel of the American people.
SUSAN B. ANTHONYThe only question left to be settled now is: Are women persons? And I hardly believe any of our opponents will have the hardihood to say they are not.
SUSAN B. ANTHONYNothing is hopeless that is right.
SUSAN B. ANTHONYOrganize, agitate, educate, must be our war cry.
SUSAN B. ANTHONYLiberty, Humanity, Justice, Equality.
SUSAN B. ANTHONYThe 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.
SUSAN B. ANTHONYTo no form of religion is woman indebted for one impulse of freedom.
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