Sooner or later we all discover that the important moments in life are not the advertised ones, not the birthdays, the graduations, the weddings, not the great goals achieved. The real milestones are less prepossessing. They come to the door of memory unannounced, stray dogs that amble in, sniff around a bit and simply never leave. Our lives are measured by these.

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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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Sentiment never was and never can be a guarantee for justice.

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To be wedded to an idea may be, after all, the holiest and happiest of marriages.

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Suffrage is the pivotal right.

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Trust me that as I ignore all law to help the slave, so will I ignore it all to protect an enslaved woman.

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I stand and rejoice every time I see a woman ride by on a wheel...the picture of free, untrammeled womanhood.

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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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The worst enemy women have is in the pulpit.

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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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