Be the future what it may, our happiness in the present is far more complete if we live an upright life.
SUSAN B. ANTHONYWomen, we might as well be dogs baying the moon as petitioners without the right to vote!
More Susan B. Anthony Quotes
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Wherever women gather together failure is impossible.
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Cautious, careful people, always casting about to preserve their reputations – can never effect a reform.
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The day may be approaching when the whole world will recognize woman as the equal of man.
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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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No man is good enough to govern any woman without her consent.
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The 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.
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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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You would better educate ten women into the practice of liberal principles than to organize a thousand on a platform of intolerance and bigotry.
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For every betrayed woman, there is always the betrayer, man.
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Join the union, girls, and together say Equal Pay for Equal Work.
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The women of this nation in 1876, have greater cause for discontent, rebellion and revolution than the men of 1776.
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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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Away with your man-visions! Women propose to reject them all, and begin to dream dreams for themselves.
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The worst enemy women have is in the pulpit.
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The only chance women have for justice in this country is to violate the law, as I have done, and as I shall continue to do.
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