All history attests that man has subjected woman to his will, used her as a means to promote his selfish gratification, to minister to his sensual pl…

- Sarah Moore Grimke

I do deeply deplore, of the sake of the cause, the prevalent notion, that the clergy must be had, either by persuasion or by bribery. They will not n…

- Sarah Moore Grimke

Had Adam tenderly reproved his wife, and endeavored to lead her to repentance instead of sharing in her guilt, I should be much more ready to accord …

- Sarah Moore Grimke

Oh, had I received the education I desired, had I been bred to the profession of the law, I might have been a useful member of society, and instead o…

- Sarah Moore Grimke

whatsoever it is morally right for a man to do, it is morally right for a woman to do.

- Sarah Moore Grimke

At sixty I look back on a life of deep disappointments, of withered hopes, of unlooked for suffering, of severe discipline.

- Sarah Moore Grimke

I am persuaded that the rights of woman, like the rights of slaves, need only be examined to be understood and asserted.

- Sarah Moore Grimke

[On the Adam and Eve story:] They both fell from innocence, and consequently from happiness, but not from equality.

- Sarah Moore Grimke

Intellect is not sexed;... strength of mind is not sexed; and ... our views about the duties of men and the duties of women, the sphere of man and th…

- Sarah Moore Grimke