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The whole tone of Church teaching in regard to women is, to the last degree, contemptuous and degrading.
To throw obstacles in the way of a complete education is like putting out the eyes.
I am always busy, which is perhaps the chief reason why I am always well.
The prolonged slavery of woman is the darkest page in human history.
Woman's discontent increases in exact proportion to her development.
We are the only class in history that has been left to fight its battles alone, unaided by the ruling powers. White labor and the freed black men had their champions, but where are ours?
Self-development is a higher duty than self-sacrifice.
The moment we begin to fear the opinions of others and hesitate to tell the truth that is in us, and from motives of policy are silent when we should speak, the divine floods of light and life no longer flow into our souls.
The religious superstitions of women perpetuate their bondage more than all other adverse influences.
Surely the immutable laws of the universe can teach more impressive and exalted lessons than the holy books of all the religions on earth.
The best protection any woman can have... is courage.
The heyday of woman's life is the shady side of fifty.
I shall not grow conservative with age.
Human beings lose their logic in their vindictiveness.
The Bible and the Church have been the greatest stumbling blocks in the way of women's emancipation.
Come, come, my conservative friend, wipe the dew off your spectacles, and see that the world is moving.
It requires philosophy and heroism to rise above the opinion of the wise men of all nations and races.
It is the inalienable right of all to be happy.
Nothing adds such dignity to character as the recognition of one's self- sovereignty.
A woman will always be dependent until she holds a purse of her own.
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