Governments never do any great good things from mere principle, from mere love of justice ... You expect too much of human nature when you expect that.

Wherever women gather together failure is impossible.

I distrust those people who know so well what God wants them to do, because I notice it always coincides with their own desires.

I declare to you that woman must not depend upon the protection of man, but must be taught to protect herself, and there I take my stand.

Organize, agitate, educate, must be our war cry.

Oh, if I could but live another century and see the fruition of all the work for women! There is so much yet to be done.

I look for the day...when the only criterion of excellence or position shall be the ability and character of the individual; and this time will come.

I do not assume that woman is better than man. I do assume that she has a different way of looking at things.

Liberty, Humanity, Justice, Equality

Join the union, girls, and together say Equal Pay for Equal Work.

Cautious, careful people, always casting about to preserve their reputations... can never effect a reform.

If your small work does not experience increase and growth, you will be starving yourself inspiration

Republican leadership in Congress let the energy companies write the energy bill that sent prices soaring, and has turned a blind eye to the struggles of working families trying to make ends meet.

I'm looking for a hard-headed woman, One who will make me do my best, And if I find my hard-headed woman, I know the rest of my life will be blessed

We do not usually look for allies when we love. Indeed, we often look on those who love with us as rivals and trespassers. But we always look for allies when we hate.

What I really want from Music: That it be cheerful and profound like an afternoon in October.

Never fail to know that if you are doing all the talking, you are boring somebody.

Lasting change is a series of compromises. And compromise is all right, as long your values don't change.

When you open your mouth to speak, you reveal a great deal. The words you use and the way you speak are like a blueprint of who you are deep inside.

I wouldn't want to think people doted on us, hung on every word, or wanted to look like us.

Many miles away there's a shadow on the door of a cottage on the Shore of a dark Scottish lake.