The world has never yet seen a truly great and virtuous nation, because in the degradation of women, the very fountains of life are poisoned at their source.

Any great change must expect opposition, because it shakes the very foundation of privilege.

I have no idea of submitting tamely to injustice inflicted either on me or on the slave. I will oppose it with all the moral powers with which I am endowed. I am no advocate of passivity.

I long for the day my sisters will rise, and occupy the sphere to which they are called by their high nature and destiny.

In the marriage union, the independence of the husband and wife will be equal, their dependence mutual, and their obligations reciprocal.

If our principles are right, why should we be cowards?

The legal theory is, that marriage makes the husband and wife one person, and that person is the husband.

Man is not by nature a tyrant, but becomes a tyrant by power conferred on him.

Liberty is not less a blessing, because oppression has so long darkened the mind that it can not appreciate it.

Truth for authority, not authority for truth.

I grew up so thoroughly imbued with women's rights that it was the most important question of my life from a very early day.

I used to look at Jinks and marvel at her smooth complexion, but over the years I have come to realise that she has been spared wrinkles by virtue of never having succumbed to heavy thought.

Let this circumstance of our constitution therefore be directed to this noble purpose, and then all the objections urged against it by jealous tyranny and affrighted superstition will vanish.

I'm an abstract painter not just for myself, but because I really believe in abstraction.

Neither sleet nor rain nor a half inch of snow will compel me to dress like a lumberjack.

You don't throw the baby out with the bathwater, but you want to get rid of the bathwater so the baby can swim the next couple of days and be OK.

When combined, the small individual contributors of caring, friendship, forgiveness, and love, each of us different from our next-door neighbors, can form a phalanx, an army, with great capability.

If I have not lost my mind I can sometimes hear it preparing to defect

I compose music because I must give expression to my feelings, just as I talk because I must give utterance to my thoughts.

Systems and processes are essential to keep the crusade going, but they should not replace the crusade.

I don't want to put 12 singles on an album. I want to make a story, a little movie.