I long for the day my sisters will rise, and occupy the sphere to which they are called by their high nature… — 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… — Lucretia Mott Copy Share Image
Man is not by nature a tyrant, but becomes a tyrant by power conferred on him. — 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
