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title: "8 Race Women Quotes by 7 authors"
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> [I believe that never was a country better adapted to produce a great race of women than this Canada of ours, nor…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emily-murphy/i-believe-that-never-was-a-country-better-adapted-to-produce-a-great/)

[Emily Murphy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emily-murphy/)

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> [I most sincerely doubt if any other race of women could have brought its fineness up through so devilish a fire.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/w-e-b-du-bois/i-most-sincerely-doubt-if-any-other-race-of-women-could-have-brought/)

[W. E. B. Du Bois](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/w-e-b-du-bois/)

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> [Firstly, there is no perfect man. Looking for that it worse than starting the race badly, it means you're in the wrong…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matthew-hussey/firstly-there-is-no-perfect-man-looking-for-that-it-worse-than/)

[Matthew Hussey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matthew-hussey/)

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> [But what of black women?... I most sincerely doubt if any other race of women could have brought its fineness up through…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/w-e-b-du-bois/but-what-of-black-women-i-most-sincerely-doubt-if-any-other-race-of/)

[W. E. B. Du Bois](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/w-e-b-du-bois/)

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> [We have to think about the state of women in a more holistic way going forward. We can't be segregated by class…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chirlane-mccray/we-have-to-think-about-the-state-of-women-in-a-more-holistic-way/)

[Chirlane McCray](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chirlane-mccray/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/188/chirlane-mccray-17237_forward_we-have-to-think-about-the-state-of-wome_914928.jpg)

> [The race cannot succeed, nor build strong citizens, until we have a race of women competent to do more than bear a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/timothy-thomas-fortune/the-race-cannot-succeed-nor-build-strong-citizens-until-we-have-a/)

[Timothy Thomas Fortune](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/timothy-thomas-fortune/)

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> [We have to free half of the human race, the women, so that they can help free the other half.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emmeline-pankhurst/we-have-to-free-half-of-the-human-race-the-women-so-that-they-can/)

[Emmeline Pankhurst](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emmeline-pankhurst/)

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> [We are a race of women that of old knew no fear and feared no death, and lived great lives and hoped…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/olive-schreiner/we-are-a-race-of-women-that-of-old-knew-no-fear-and-feared-no-death/)

[Olive Schreiner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/olive-schreiner/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/16c/olive-schreiner-10332_blood_we-are-a-race-of-women-that-of-old-knew_3136171.png)

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