The world has never yet seen a truly great and virtuous nation because in the degradation of woman the very fountains of life are poisoned at their source.
You can't beat women anyhow and that if you are wise or dislike trouble and uproar you don't even try to.
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William Faulkner
With boys there was a fundamental assumption that they had a right to be there –Â not always, but more often than not. With girls, 'Why her?' came up so quickly.
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Helen Oyeyemi
Gender mattered a whole lot less to Shakespeare than it seems to matter to us.
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John Irving
Look, girls. It is important to all of us that we win this game, right? Well, when it comes to athletics, boys are simply better suited than girls. It’s a fact of nature that no one can change. I’m sorry, but maybe you can play...
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Francine Pascal
Woman is not born: she is made. In the making, her humanity is destroyed. She becomes symbol of this, symbol of that: mother of the earth, slut of the universe; but she never becomes herself because it is forbidden for her to do so.
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Andrea Dworkin
More Quotes By Lucretia Mott
In the true married relationship, the independence of husband and wife will be equal, their dependence mutual, and their obligations reciprocal.
Liberty is no less a blessing because oppression has so long darkened the mind that it can not appreciate it.
The world has never yet seen a truly great and virtuous nation because in the degradation of woman the very fountains of life are poisoned at their source.
We too often bind ourselves by authorities rather than by the truth.
There is nothing of greater importance to the well-being of society at large - of man as well as woman - than the true proper position of woman.
