We too often bind ourselves by authorities rather than by the truth.

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

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.

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.

Hope is putting faith to work when doubting would be easier.

Stolen's a strong word. It's copyrighted content that the owner wasn't paid for.

I have advocated for rolling back regulations, simplifying the tax code and moving to zero-based budgeting - policies that will support small businesses and raise up the middle class.

This son taught that any man who did not believe that piece of ignorance and priestly lying would go to hell and burn eternally in fire and brimstone.

What you intuitively desire, that is possible to you.

... it is a most severe trial for those women to be called to lay down beauty, who have nothing else to take up. It is for this sober season of life that education should lay up its rich resources.

Ghosts are a metaphor for memory and remembrance and metaphorically connect our world to the world we cannot know about.

Personal transformation can and does have global effects. As we go, so goes the world, for the world is us. The revolution that will save the world is ultimately a personal one.

America comes from a flawed but wonderful idea. Many great things have sprung forth over the past few hundred years but there were deep issues in the beginning that now are starting to show up.

Storms probably exist only because after them we can have a sunrise.