"The world has never yet seen a truly……" — Lucretia Mott
"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 at their source. We too often bind ourselves by authorities rather than by the truth."
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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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I have no idea of submitting tamely to injustice inflicted either on me or on the slave. I will oppose…
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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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A discovery must be, by definition, at variance with existing knowledge. During my lifetime, I made two. Both were rejected…
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We too often bind ourselves by authorities rather than by the truth.
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