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“Our sex still strikes an awe upon the brave, And only cowards dare affront a woman.”

Book:The Constant Couple, Or, a Trip to the Jubilee: A Comedy, as it is Acted at the Theatre-Royal at Drury-Lane, by His Majesty's Servants

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The Constant Couple, Or, a Trip to the Jubilee: A Comedy, as it is Acted at the Theatre-Royal at Drury-Lane, by His Majesty's Servants

This book is a comedy play that was performed at the Theatre-Royal at Drury-Lane. It was written by His Majesty's Servants and showcases their comedic talents on stage. more

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George Farquhar

George Farquhar, born in Ireland in 1677, was an outstanding British dramatist. His works are known for their wit and sharp social insight, having a profound impact on the world of theater. more

“To get that word, male, out of the Constitution, cost the women of this country fifty-two years of pauseless campaign; 56 state referendum campaigns; 480 legislative campaigns to get state suffrage amendments submitted; 47 state constitutional convention campaigns; 277 state party convention campaigns; 30 national party convention campaigns to get suffrage planks in the party platforms; 19 campaigns with 19 successive Congresses to get the federal amendment submitted, and the final ratification campaign.”

“The vote is a power, a weapon of offense and defense, a prayer.”

Prayer Weapons Vote Defense Offense Suffrage Offense And Defense

Author:Carrie Chapman Catt

“the system which admits the unworthy to the vote provided they are men, and shuts out the worthy provided they are women, is so unjust and illogical that its perpetuation is a sad reflection upon American thinking.”

Thinking Men Reflection Vote Worthy Inequality Unjust Unworthy Suffrage Illogical

Author:Carrie Chapman Catt

“it was the United States which first established general suffrage for men upon the two principles that 'taxation without representation is tyranny' and that governments to be just should 'derive their consent from the governed.' The unanswerable logic of these two principles is responsible for the extension of suffrage to men and women the world over. In the United States, however, women are still taxed without 'representation' and still live under a government to which they have given no 'consent.”

“What is prejudice? An opinion, which is not based upon reason; a judgment, without having heard the argument; a feeling, without being able to trace from whence it came.”

Reason Feelings Able Opinion Heard Judgment Argument Prejudice

Author:Carrie Chapman Catt

“For two generations groups of women have given their lives and their fortunes to secure the vote for the sex and hundreds of thousands of other women are now giving all the time at their command. No class of men in our own or any other country has made one-tenth the effort nor sacrificed one-tenth as much for the vote.”

Men Giving Made Two Country Given Sex Effort Class Generations Groups Vote Fortune Command Secure Other Countries Suffrage

Author:Carrie Chapman Catt

“There is one thing no people have ever done; that is, to oppose a threatening war with intelligent and vigorous purpose some years before it was due to arrive.”

People Years War Done Purpose One Thing Intelligent Dues Threatening Vigorous

Book:Why wars must cease

Source: Why wars must cease

“The province of philosophy is not so much to prevent calamities befalling as to demonstrate that they are blessings when they have taken place.”

Philosophy Taken Blessing Calamity Provinces

Book:The Complete Works of Ernest Bramah (Including Max Carrados Mysteries & Kai Lung Fantasy Series): The Secret of the League, The Coin of Dionysius, The Game Played In the Dark, The Bravo of London, The Tilling Shaw Mystery, The Secret of Dunstan's Tower, The Missing Witness Sensationäó_

Source: The Complete Works of Ernest Bramah (Including Max Carrados Mysteries & Kai Lung Fantasy Series): The Secret of the League, The Coin of Dionysius, The Game Played In the Dark, The Bravo of London, The Tilling Shaw Mystery, The Secret of Dunstan's Tower, The Missing Witness Sensationäó_

“Against the beautiful and the clever and the successful, one can wage a pitiless war, but not against the unattractive: then the millstone weighs on the breast.”

War Beautiful Literature Successful Clever Breasts Ugliness Unattractive

Author:Graham Greene

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