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title: "2 Home life Quotes By Anna Julia Cooper"
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> [We might as well expect to grow trees from leaves as hope to build up a civilization or a manhood without taking into consideration our women and the home life made by them, which must be the root and ground…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anna-julia-cooper/we-might-as-well-expect-to-grow-trees-from-leaves-as-hope-to-build-up/)

[Anna Julia Cooper](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anna-julia-cooper/)

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> [We might as well expect to grow trees from leaves as hope to build up a civilization or a manhood without taking into consideration our women and the home life made by them Let our girls feel that we expect…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anna-julia-cooper/we-might-as-well-expect-to-grow-trees-from-leaves-as-hope-to-build-up-2/)

[Anna Julia Cooper](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anna-julia-cooper/)

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## More by Anna Julia Cooper

> [... the majority of colored men do not yet think it worth while that women aspire to higher education… The three R's, a littlemusic…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anna-julia-cooper/the-majority-of-colored-men-do-not-yet-think-it-worth-while-that/)

[Anna Julia Cooper](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anna-julia-cooper/)

> [One needs occasionally to stand aside from the hum and rush of human interests and passions to hear the voices of God.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anna-julia-cooper/one-needs-occasionally-to-stand-aside-from-the-hum-and-rush-of-human/)

[Anna Julia Cooper](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anna-julia-cooper/)

> [ Teach \[our girls\] that there is a race with special needs which they and only they can help; that the world needs and is… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anna-julia-cooper/teach-our-girls-that-there-is-a-race-with-special-needs-which-they/)

[Anna Julia Cooper](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anna-julia-cooper/)

> [Life must be something more than dilettante speculation.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anna-julia-cooper/life-must-be-something-more-than-dilettante-speculation/)

[Anna Julia Cooper](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anna-julia-cooper/)

> [... religion (ought to be if it isn't) a great deal more than mere gratification of the instinct for worship linked with the straight-teaching…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anna-julia-cooper/religion-ought-to-be-if-it-isn-t-a-great-deal-more-than-mere/)

[Anna Julia Cooper](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anna-julia-cooper/)

> [A race cannot be purified from without.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anna-julia-cooper/a-race-cannot-be-purified-from-without/)

[Anna Julia Cooper](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anna-julia-cooper/)

> [Respect for woman, the much lauded chivalry of the Middle Ages, meant what I fear it still means to some men in our own…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anna-julia-cooper/respect-for-woman-the-much-lauded-chivalry-of-the-middle-ages-meant/)

[Anna Julia Cooper](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anna-julia-cooper/)

> [Peace produced by suppression is neither natural nor desirable.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anna-julia-cooper/peace-produced-by-suppression-is-neither-natural-nor-desirable/)

[Anna Julia Cooper](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anna-julia-cooper/)

> [... woman's cause is the cause of the weak; and when all the weak shall have received their due consideration, then woman will have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anna-julia-cooper/woman-s-cause-is-the-cause-of-the-weak-and-when-all-the-weak-shall/)

[Anna Julia Cooper](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anna-julia-cooper/)

> [ ... \[a\] girl one day flared out and told the principal "the only mission opening before a girl in his school was to marry… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anna-julia-cooper/a-girl-one-day-flared-out-and-told-the-principal-the-only-mission/)

[Anna Julia Cooper](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anna-julia-cooper/)

> [All prejudices, whether of race, sect or sex, class pride and caste distinctions are the belittling inheritance and badge of snobs and prigs.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anna-julia-cooper/all-prejudices-whether-of-race-sect-or-sex-class-pride-and-caste/)

[Anna Julia Cooper](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anna-julia-cooper/)

> [The old, subjective, stagnant, indolent and wretched life for woman has gone. She has as many resources as men, as many activities beckon her…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anna-julia-cooper/the-old-subjective-stagnant-indolent-and-wretched-life-for-woman-has/)

[Anna Julia Cooper](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anna-julia-cooper/)

> [Each is under the most sacred obligation not to squander the material committed to him, not to sap his strength in folly and vice,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anna-julia-cooper/each-is-under-the-most-sacred-obligation-not-to-squander-the-material/)

[Anna Julia Cooper](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anna-julia-cooper/)

> [Bullies are always cowards at heart and may be credited with a pretty safe instinct in scenting their prey.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anna-julia-cooper/bullies-are-always-cowards-at-heart-and-may-be-credited-with-a-pretty/)

[Anna Julia Cooper](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anna-julia-cooper/)

> [tis woman's strongest vindication for speaking that the world needs to hear her voice. It would be subversive of every human interest that the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anna-julia-cooper/tis-woman-s-strongest-vindication-for-speaking-that-the-world-needs/)

[Anna Julia Cooper](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anna-julia-cooper/)

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