I want that there should be a belief, a faith in the possibility of removing mountains to the side of right. If we believe that war is wrong, as everyone must, then we ought to believe that by proper efforts… — Lucretia Mott Copy Share Image
Weep not for me. Rather let your tears flow for the sorrows of the multitude. My work is done. Like a ripe fruit I admit the gathering. Death has no terrors for it is a wise law of nature. I… — Lucretia Mott Copy Share Image
Woman has so long been subject to the disabilities and restrictions with which her progress has been embarrassed that she has become enervated, her… — Lucretia Mott Copy Share Image
I resolved to claim for my sex all that an impartial Creator had bestowed, which, by custom and a perverted application of the Scriptures,… — Lucretia Mott Copy Share Image
The cause of Peace has had my share of efforts, taking the ultra non-resistance ground - that a Christian cannot consistently uphold, and actively… — Lucretia Mott Copy Share Image
the Law has made the man and wife one person, and that one person the husband! — Lucretia Mott Copy Share Image
In the marriage union, the independence of the husband and wife will be equal, their dependence mutual, and their obligations reciprocal. — Lucretia Mott Copy Share Image
Those who go forth ministering to the wants and necessities of their fellow beings experience a rich return, their souls being as a watered… — Lucretia Mott Copy Share Image
It is not Christianity, but priestcraft that has subjected woman as we find her. — Lucretia Mott Copy Share Image
I have no idea of submitting tamely to injustice inflicted either on me or on the slave. I will oppose it with all the… — Lucretia Mott Copy Share Image
It is time that Christians were judged more by their likeness to Christ than their notions of Christ. Were this sentiment generally admitted we… — Lucretia Mott Copy Share Image
... my convictions led me to adhere to the sufficiency of the light within us, resting on truth as authority, rather than 'taking authority… — Lucretia Mott Copy Share Image
The world has never yet seen a truly great and virtuous nation, because in the degradation of women, the very fountains of life are… — Lucretia Mott Copy Share Image
