More Quotes by Susan B. Anthony
The worst enemy women have is in the pulpit.
I declare to you that woman must not depend upon the protection of man, but must be taught to protect herself, and there I take my stand.
I shall work for the Republican party and call on all women to join me, precisely... for what that party has done and promises to do for women, nothing more, nothing less.
Liberty, Humanity, Justice, Equality
Cautious, careful people, always casting about to preserve their reputation and social standing, never can bring about a reform. Those who are really in earnest must be willing to be anything or nothing in the world's estimation, and publicly and privately, in season and out, avow their sympathy with despised and persecuted ideas and their advocates, and bear the consequences.
It is often asserted that as woman has always been man's slave--subject--inferior--dependent, under all forms of government and religion, slavery must be her normal condition. This might have some weight had not the vast majority of men also been enslaved for centuries to kings and popes, and orders of nobility, who, in the progress of civilization, have reached complete equality.
Forget conventionalisms; forget what the world thinks of you stepping out of your place; think your best thoughts, speak your best words, work your best works, looking to your own conscience for approval.
Wherever women gather together failure is impossible.
I expect to do more work for woman suffrage in the next decade than ever before.
To be wedded to an idea may be, after all, the holiest and happiest of marriages.
