Poisoning and Certain Other Consequences of External Causes

Famous quotes containing the words poisoning, consequences and/or external:

    “The most winning woman I ever knew was hanged for poisoning three little children for their insurance-money, and the most repellent man of my acquaintance is a philanthropist who has spent nearly a quarter of a million upon the London poor.”
    —Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1859–1930)

    “We are still barely conscious of how harmful it is to treat children in a degrading manner. Treating them with respect and recognizing the consequences of their being humiliated are by no means intellectual matters; otherwise, their importance would long since have been generally recognized.”
    —Alice Miller (20th century)

    “Merely external emancipation has made of the modern woman an artificial being.... Now, woman is confronted with the necessity of emancipating herself from emancipation, if she really desires to be free.”
    —Emma Goldman (1869–1940)