I have everything in the world that is necessary to happiness, good faith, good friends and all the work I can possibly do. I think God's greatest blessing to the human race was when He sent man forth into the world to earn his bread by the sweat of his face. I believe in toil, in the dignity of labor, but I also believe in adequate compensation for that toil.
Anna Howard ShawOn every side, and at every hour of the day, we came up against the relentless limitations of pioneer life.
Anna Howard ShawFond as we are of our loved ones, there comes at times during their absence an unexplained peace.
Anna Howard ShawIf the women of the United States, with their free schools and all their enlarged liberties, are not superior to women brought upunder monarchical forms of government, then there is no good in liberty.
Anna Howard Shaw