Lucretia Mott Quotes, Thoughts and image

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

Truth for authority, not authority for truth.

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.

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

Let our lives be in accordiance with our convictions of right, each striving to carry out our principles

A child, like all other human beings, has inalienable rights.

my convictions led me to adhere to the sufficiency of the light within us, resting on truth as authority, rather than 'taking authority for truth.'

Women's property has been taxed, equally with that of men's, to sustain colleges endowed by the states; but they have not been permitted to enter those high seminaries of learning.

Those who go forth ministering to the wants and necessities of their fellow beings experience a rich return, their souls being as a watered garden, and a spring that faileth not