"We too often bind ourselves by authorities rather……" — Lucretia Mott
"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
Lucretia Mott has 24 quotes on this site.
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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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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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More Authorities Quotes
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The American press has the blues. Too many authorities have assured it that its days are numbered, too many good…
— Russell Baker
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I have been told by hospital authorities that more copies of my works are left behind by departing patients than…
— Robert Benchley
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Beslan, where the Russian authorities stopped live coverage of the school being stormed, was an illustration of the progress we…
— Kate Adie
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We will use all lawful tools at our disposal, and that includes authorities under the renewed PATRIOT Act. We firmly…
— John O. Brennan
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The brilliance of Max Brooks is that he always quotes authorities at the back of his books that never existed.…
— Mel Brooks
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War over water would be an ultimate obscenity. And yet, unfortunately it is conceivable... Water has been a source over…
— Queen Noor of Jordan
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The other General Welfare Clause is in the first of the authorities given to the Congress and it's not a…
— Andrew Napolitano
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In the fight against terrorism, national agencies keep full control over their police forces, security and intelligence agencies and judicial…
— Gijs de Vries
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In a man's middle years there is scarcely a part of the body he would hesitate to turn over to…
— Elwyn Brooks White
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The dropping of the Atomic Bomb is a very deep problem... Instead of commemorating Hiroshima we should celebrate... man's triumph…
— Frederick Soddy
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A discovery must be, by definition, at variance with existing knowledge. During my lifetime, I made two. Both were rejected…
— Albert Szent-Gyorgyi
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The national budget must be balanced. The public debt must be reduced; the arrogance of the authorities must be moderated…
— Marcus Tullius Cicero
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