"I have no idea of submitting tamely to……" — Lucretia Mott
"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 powers with which I am endowed. I am no advocate of passivity."
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Lucretia Mott
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24 Quotes by Lucretia Mott
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The world has never yet seen a truly great and virtuous nation, because in the degradation of women, the very…
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Let woman then go on-not asking favors, but claiming as a right the removal of all hindrances to her elevation…
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We too often bind ourselves by authorities rather than by the truth.
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Christian soldiers armed with virtue- hearts afire with blind obsession, cannot see the difference 'twixt compassion and oppression
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A child, like all other human beings, has inalienable rights.
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In the true married relationship, the independence of husband and wife will be equal, their dependence mutual, and their obligations…
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Weep not for me. Rather let your tears flow for the sorrows of the multitude. My work is done. Like…
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Learning, while at school, that the charge for the education of girls was the same as that for boys, and…
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The legal theory is, that marriage makes the husband and wife one person, and that person is the husband.
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If our principles are right, why should we be cowards?
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Liberty is not less a blessing, because oppression has so long darkened the mind that it can not appreciate it.
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It is time that Christians were judged more by their likeness to Christ than their notions of Christ. Were this…
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