If all men are born free, how is it that all women are born slaves?

Women are from their very infancy debarred those Advantages with the want of which they are afterwards reproached.

Truth is strong, and sometime or other will prevail.

Marry for Love, an Heroick Action, which makes a mighty noise in the World, partly because of its rarity, and partly in regard of its extravagancy.

Your glass will not do you half so much service as a serious reflection on your own minds.

To plead for the Oppress'd and to defend the Weak seem'd to me a generous undertaking; for tho' it may be secure, 'tis not always Honourable to run over to the strongest party.

The scum of the People are most Tyrannical when they get the Power, and treat their Betters with the greatest Insolence.

Fetters of gold are still fetters, and the softest lining can never make them so easy as liberty.

If all men are born free, why is it that all women are born slaves?

If God had not intended that Women shou'd use their Reason, He wou'd not have given them any, 'for He does nothing in vain.

The Span of Life is too short to be trifled away in unconcerning and unprofitable Matters.

Life before consciousness was like blank paper, so be it.

The time has come for nations to sell their patriotism and buy wisdom.

I hate being called an 'icon.' I just don't like it. That's all there is to it.

Publishers seem to be in an alcoholic haze most of the time. Well, the publishers have no idea what a writer is.

In the end I'm in love with it [Western European easel painting]. And that's where a lot of the influence from the work comes from.

You can always spot clothes made in a good place.

The most stupid mistake a counter-insurgency operation can make is alienating the population. If you alienate the population, you're finished.

The issue of power is not bound to power per se, but often depends on the people themselves, to what extent they unconsciously encourage this power and its structures.

An armed society is a polite society.

When hiring, mix Harvard Nerds with Chicago Improvisers and stir.