It was we, the people; not we, the white male citizens; nor yet we, the male citizens; but we, the whole people, who formed the Union.... Men, their rights and nothing more; women, their rights and nothing less.

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I distrust those people who know so well what God wants them to do, because I notice it always coincides with their own desires.

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Cautious, careful people, always casting about to preserve their reputation and social standing, never can bring about a reform. Those who are really in earnest must be willing to be anything or nothing in the world's estimation, and publicly and privately, in season and out, avow their sympathy with despised and persecuted ideas and their advocates, and bear the consequences.

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Liberty, Humanity, Justice, Equality

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I shall work for the Republican party and call on all women to join me, precisely... for what that party has done and promises to do for women, nothing more, nothing less.

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The worst enemy women have is in the pulpit.

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I look for the day...when the only criterion of excellence or position shall be the ability and character of the individual; and this time will come.

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The older I get, the greater power I seem to have to help the world; I am like a snowball - the further I am rolled the more I gain.

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Oh, if I could but live another century and see the fruition of all the work for women! There is so much yet to be done.

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Cyling has done more to emancipate women than anything else in the world

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