Extremes Quote by Tennessee Celeste Claflin

“The revolt against any oppression usually goes to an opposite extreme for a time; and that is right and necessary.” quote by Tennessee Celeste Claflin — Download Open image

“The revolt against any oppression usually goes to an opposite extreme for a time; and that is right and necessary.”

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The history of woman is the history of the continued and universal oppression of one sex by the other. The emancipation of woman is…

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... it is as true in morals as in physics that all force is imperishable; therefore the consequences of a human action never cease.

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... the absolute freedom of woman will be the dawn of the day of man's regeneration. In raising her he will elevate himself.

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Let us have a fair field! This is all we ask, and we will be content with nothing less. The finger of evolution, which…

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... in all cases of monstrosity at birth anaesthetics should be applied by doctors publicly appointed for that purpose... Every successive year would see…

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We hope the day will soon come when every girl will be a member of a great Union of Unmarried Women, pledged to refuse…

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Widows are more skillful anglers for husbands than spinsters, and many marry several times. This is a social injustice to spinsters. "One man one…

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If in this wide world, teeming with abundant supplies for human want, to thousands of wretched creatures no choice is open, save between starvation…

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Criminality should be exterminated by disabling all notorious and irreclaimable criminals.

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... no community where more than one-half of the adults are disfranchised and otherwise incapacitated by law and custom, can be free from great…

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... men of highest genius have been too frequently of extremely shaky morals.

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While we honour religion and believe it to be a powerful factor in elevating our race, we discriminate, as we hope our readers will…

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