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. ANTHONYIt is only through a wholesome discontent with things as they are, that we ever try to make them any better.
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I 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.
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It will burden her conscience in life, it will burden her soul in death; but oh, thrice guilty is he who drove her to the desperation which impelled her to the crime.
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Sentiment never was and never can be a guarantee for justice.
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White men have always controlled their wives’ wages.
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Every discrimination against women in the constitutions and laws of the several States is today null and void, precisely as in every one against Negroes.
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Every generation of converts threshes over the same old straw.
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Sooner or later we all discover that the important moments in life are not the advertised ones, not the birthdays, the graduations, the weddings, not the great goals achieved.
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I distrust those people who know so well what God wants them to do because I notice it always coincides with their own desires.
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I expect to do more work for woman suffrage in the next decade than ever before.
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Governments never do any great good things from mere principle, from mere love of justice.
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Join the union, girls, and together say Equal Pay for Equal Work.
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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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A republican government should be based on free and equal education among the people.
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Trust me that as I ignore all law to help the slave, so will I ignore it all to protect an enslaved woman.
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Independence is happiness.
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