“I set out as a sort of self-dependent politician. My opinions were my own. I dashed at all prejudices. I scorned to follow anybodyin matter of opinion.... All were, therefore, offended at my presumption, as they deemed it.” SelfMatterPoliticsMy OwnOpinionPoliticianPrejudiceDependentOffendedPresumptionScorned Book:The Progress of a Plough-boy to a Seat in Parliament: As Exemplified in the History of the Life of William Cobbett, Member for Oldham Source: The Progress of a Plough-boy to a Seat in Parliament: As Exemplified in the History of the Life of William Cobbett, Member for Oldham
“Intellect is not sexed;... strength of mind is not sexed; and ... our views about the duties of men and the duties of women, the sphere of man and the sphere of woman, are mere arbitrary opinions, differing in different ages and countries, and dependent solely on the will and judgment of erring mortals.” MenMindDifferentCountryAgeViewsOpinionDutyJudgmentMereIntellectMortalsDependentSpheresArbitraryStrength Of MindErringDifferent Ages Author:Sarah Moore Grimke
“Strange mystery of our nature, that those in whom genius develops itself in imagination, thus taking its most ethereal form, should yet be the most dependent on the opinions of others!” ShouldFormImaginationOpinionMysteryStrangeGeniusDependentEthereal Author:Letitia Elizabeth Landon
“But one thing is certain: the commandments have not changed. Let there be no mistake about that. Right is still right. Wrong is still wrong, no matter how cleverly cloaked in respectability or political correctness. We believe in chastity before marriage and fidelity ever after. That standard is an absolute standard of truth. It is neither subject to public opinion polls nor dependent upon situation or circumstance. There is no need to debate it or other gospel standards.” NeedsBelieveStillsMatterPoliticalCertainMistakeSituationOpinionOne ThingSubjectsChangedCircumstancesStandardsAbsolutesDebateDependentCommandmentsPublic OpinionPollsFidelityPolitical CorrectnessChastityEver AfterCorrectnessRespectabilityAbsolutismOpinion PollsBefore Marriage Author:M. Russell Ballard
“The opinions of men should not be the object of any government. Our civil rights are no more dependent on our religious beliefs than they are dependent upon our thoughts about geometry or physics!” MenShouldGovernmentBeliefReligiousOpinionRightsObjectsPhysicsCivil RightsDependentOur ThoughtsGeometryReligious Belief Author:Thomas Jefferson