If, while I hear the wild shriek of the slave mother robbed of her little ones, I do not open my mouth, am I not guilty?

Now all we need is to continue to speak the truth fearlessly, and we shall add to our number those who will turn the scale to the side of equal and full justice in all things.

We ask only for justice and equal rights-the right to vote, the right to our own earnings, equality before the law.

I believe that the influence of woman will save the country before every other power.

A wife should no more take her husband's name than he should hers. My name is my identity and must not be lost

To make the public sentiment on the side of all that is just and true and noble is the highest use of life.

I think, with never-ending gratitude, that the young women of today do not and can never know at what price their right to free speech and to speak at all in public has been earned.

The road before us is shorter than the road behind.

It is time we gave man faith in woman -- and, still more, woman faith in herself.

It is very little to me to have the right to vote, to own property, etc., if I may not keep my body, and its uses, in my absolute right

Too much has already been said and written about women's sphere. Leave women, then, to find their sphere.

Struggle is the father of all things, virtue lies in blood, leadership is primary and decisive

I'm kind of all over the place, and I need grounding.

Blessed the one who has kept the mastery of his eyelids and has not deceived himself with either mind or sense with regard to the skin of the flesh that after a little while oozes putrefaction.

Express everything you like. No word can hurt you. None. No idea can hurt you. Not being able to express an idea or word will hurt you more. Like a bullet.

The very essence of politeness seems to be to take care that by our words and actions we make other people pleased with us as well as with themselves.

Past performance speaks a tremendous amount about one's ability and likelihood for success.

Prisons are universities of crime, maintained by the state.

Whatever business you are in, every company can shoot for the start in their own way.

If two lives join, there is oft a scar. They are one and one, with a shadowy third; One near one is too far.

I was proud of 'House, MD,' and I think it was good for what it was and remarkably smart for a television show. I loved Hugh Laurie and was proud to be by his side that long and to be trusted by him.