So precious a talent as intellect never was given to be wrapt in a napkin and buried in the earth.

Human beings have rights, because they are moral beings: the rights of all men grow out of their moral nature; and as all men have the same moral nature, they have the same rights.

I trust the time is coming, when the occupation of an instructor to children will be deemed the most honorable of human employment.

Thou art blind to the danger of marrying a woman who feels and acts out the principle of equal rights.

I trust the time is coming, when the occupation of an instructer [sic] to children will be deemed the most honorable of human employment. If it is a drudgery to teach these little ones, then it is the duty of men to bear a part of that burthen; if it is a privilege and an honor, then we generously invite them to share that honor and privilege with us.

Are we bereft of citizenship because we are mothers, wives and daughters of a mighty people? Have women no country--no interests staked in public weal--no liabilities in common peril--no partnership in a nation's guilt and shame?

If a law commands me to sin I will break it; if it calls me to suffer, I will let it take its course unresistingly.