Discourse on Woman
A source page for quotes linked to Lucretia Mott.
“the Law has made the man and wife one person, and that one person the husband!”
“Man is not by nature a tyrant, but becomes a tyrant by power conferred on him.”
“Truth for authority, not authority for truth.”
“We too often bind ourselves by authorities rather than by the truth.”
“A child, like all other human beings, has inalienable rights.”
“The likeness we bear to Jesus is more essential than our notions of him.”
“Any great change must expect opposition, because it shakes the very foundation of privilege.”
“It is not Christianity, but priestcraft that has subjected woman as we find her.”