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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Every woman should have a purse of her own.

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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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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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Liberty, Humanity, Justice, Equality

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I declare to you that woman must not depend upon the protection of man, but must be taught to protect herself, and there I take my stand.

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I don't want to die as long as I can work; the minute I can not, I want to go.

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Suffrage is the pivotal right.

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Just as long as newspapers and magazines are controlled by men, every woman upon them must write articles which are reflections of men's ideas. As long as that continues, women's ideas and deepest convictions will never get before the public.

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To be successful a person must attempt but one reform. By urging two, both are injured, as the average mind can grasp and assimilate but one idea at a time.

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