Man is not by nature a tyrant, but becomes a tyrant by power conferred on him.

- Lucretia Mott

The legal theory is, that marriage makes the husband and wife one person, and that person is the husband.

- Lucretia Mott

Learning, while at school, that the charge for the education of girls was the same as that for boys, and that, when they became teachers, women recei…

- Lucretia Mott

If our principles are right, why should we be cowards?

- Lucretia Mott

Women's property has been taxed, equally with that of men's, to sustain colleges endowed by the states; but they have not been permitted to enter tho…

- Lucretia Mott

I long for the day my sisters will rise, and occupy the sphere to which they are called by their high nature and destiny.

- Lucretia Mott

Liberty is not less a blessing, because oppression has so long darkened the mind that it can not appreciate it.

- Lucretia Mott

In the marriage union, the independence of the husband and wife will be equal, their dependence mutual, and their obligations reciprocal.

- Lucretia Mott

The world has never yet seen a truly great and virtuous nation, because in the degradation of women, the very fountains of life are poisoned at their…

- Lucretia Mott