All Lucretia Mott Quotes
- The world has never yet seen a truly great and virtuous nation, because in the degradation of women, the very fountains of life are poisoned… Degradation
- I have no idea of submitting tamely to injustice inflicted either on me or on the slave. I will oppose it with all the moral… Advocate
- Let woman then go on-not asking favors, but claiming as a right the removal of all hindrances to her elevation in the scale of being-let… Active
- We too often bind ourselves by authorities rather than by the truth. Authorities
- Christian soldiers armed with virtue- hearts afire with blind obsession, cannot see the difference 'twixt compassion and oppression Afire
- A child, like all other human beings, has inalienable rights. All
- In the true married relationship, the independence of husband and wife will be equal, their dependence mutual, and their obligations reciprocal. Dependence
- 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… Admit
- Learning, while at school, that the charge for the education of girls was the same as that for boys, and that, when they became teachers,… Apparent
- The legal theory is, that marriage makes the husband and wife one person, and that person is the husband. Husband
- If our principles are right, why should we be cowards? Coward
- Liberty is not less a blessing, because oppression has so long darkened the mind that it can not appreciate it. Appreciate
- It is time that Christians were judged more by their likeness to Christ than their notions of Christ. Were this sentiment generally admitted we should… Adherence
- I grew up so thoroughly imbued with women's rights that it was the most important question of my life from a very early day. Day
- Let our lives be in accordiance with our convictions of right, each striving to carry out our principles Carry
- The likeness we bear to Jesus is more essential than our notions of him. Bear
- Any great change must expect opposition, because it shakes the very foundation of privilege. Any
- It is not Christianity, but priestcraft that has subjected woman as we find her. Christian
- Let us no longer be blinded by the dim theology that only in the far seeing vision discovers a millennium, when violence shall no more… Assuring
- ... my convictions led me to adhere to the sufficiency of the light within us, resting on truth as authority, rather than 'taking authority for… Adhere
- Truth for authority, not authority for truth. Authority
- The world has never yet seen a truly great and virtuous nation because in the degradation of woman the very fountains of life are poisoned… Degradation
- The cause of Peace has had my share of efforts, taking the ultra non-resistance ground - that a Christian cannot consistently uphold, and actively support,… Actively
- The world has never yet seen a truly great and virtuous nation because in the degradation of woman the very fountains of life are poisoned… Authorities