[On the Adam and Eve story:] They both fell from innocence, and consequently from happiness, but not from equality. — Sarah Moore Grimke Copy Share Image
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 to man that superiority which he claims; but as the facts stand disclosed… — Sarah Moore Grimke Copy Share Image
I want my sex to claim nothing from their brethren but what their brethren may justly claim from them. — Sarah Moore Grimke Copy Share Image
Fashionable women regard themselves, and are regarded by men, as pretty toys or as mere instruments of pleasure; and the vacuity of mind, the… — Sarah Moore Grimke Copy Share Image
An idea built the wall of separation between the sexes, and an idea will crumble it to dust. — Sarah Moore Grimke Copy Share Image
Is it not clear that to give to such women as desire it and can devote themselves to literary and scientific pursuits all the… — Sarah Moore Grimke Copy Share Image
There has been a comparatively greater proportion of good queens, than of good kings. — Sarah Moore Grimke Copy Share Image
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 pleasures, to be instrumental in promoting his comfort; but never has he desired to elevate her to that rank she was created to fill. He has done all he could to debase and enslave… — Sarah Moore Grimke Copy Share
[Women] are early taught that to appear to yield is the only way to govern. — Sarah Moore Grimke Copy Share Image
whatsoever it is morally right for a man to do, it is morally right for a woman to do. — Sarah Moore Grimke Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
If the minds of women were enlightened and improved, the domestic work would be more frequently refreshed by intelligent conversation, a means of edification… — Sarah Moore Grimke Copy Share Image
[On the New Testament:] I ... must enter my protest against the false translation of some passages by the men who did that work, and against the perverted interpretation by the men who undertook to write commentaries thereon. I am inclined to think, when we [women] are admitted to the honor of studying Greek and Hebrew, we shall produce some… — Sarah Moore Grimke Copy Share
I ask no favors for my sex, I surrender not our claim to equality. All I ask of our brethren is that they will… — Sarah Moore Grimke Copy Share Image
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