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“The True Republic—Men, their rights and nothing more; women, their rights, and nothing less.”
—Elizabeth Cady Stanton (1815–1902)
“...we never worked for white people in their homes. No, sir, not even once! That is one of the accomplishments in my life of which I am the most proud, yes, sir!”
—Annie Elizabeth Delany (b. 1891)
“Thus far women have been the mere echoes of men. Our laws and constitutions, our creeds and codes, and the customs of social life are all of masculine origin. The true woman is as yet a dream of the future. A just government, a humane religion, a pure social life await her coming.”
—Elizabeth Cady Stanton (1815–1902)
“I have met few men in my life, worth repeating eight times.”
—Elizabeth Cady Stanton (1815–1902)
“Work has to be done.
Postmen like doctors go from house to house.”
—Philip Larkin (1922–1986)
“A noble soul is not the one that can manage the highest flights but the one that rises very little and falls very little but always dwells in a free, resplendent atmosphere and altitude.”
—Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900)