When any prevailing prejudice is attacked, the wise will consider, and leave the narrow-minded to rail with thoughtless vehemence at innovation.
Mary Wollstonecraft
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I do not wish women to have power over men; but over themselves.
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Taught from infancy that beauty is woman's sceptre, the mind shapes itself to the body, and roaming round its gilt cage, only seeks to adorn its prison.
Accursed creator! Why did you form a monster so hideous that even you turned from me in disgust?
No man chooses evil because it's evil. He only mistakes it for happiness, the good he seeks.
Women do not want power over men, they want power over themselves.
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If I cannot inspire love, I will cause fear!
You are my creator, but I am your master; Obey!
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