Lucretia Mott Quotes

Christian soldiers armed with virtue- hearts afire with blind obsession, cannot see the difference 'twixt compassion and oppression

It is not Christianity, but priestcraft that has subjected woman as we find her.

The likeness we bear to Jesus is more essential than our notions of him.

the Law has made the man and wife one person, and that one person the husband!

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

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.

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.'

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

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

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

Liberty is not less a blessing, because oppression has so long darkened the mind that it can not appreciate it.

Man is not by nature a tyrant, but becomes a tyrant by power conferred on him.

The legal theory is, that marriage makes the husband and wife one person, and that person is the husband.

Truth for authority, not authority for truth.

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