It is known that the best nations have always been those which concede the greatest amount of liberty to women.

It is known that the best nations have always been those which concede the greatest amount of liberty to women.

We must, then, apply the principle of Doubt to Civilization; we must doubt its necessity, its excellence, and its permanence.

Who is wiser: the man who plants flowers along life's way or the man who makes it bristle with thorns?

Hosts of merchants encumber the cities, and the streets are cluttered with solicitors who swarm without limit or purpose.

...commerce, which is mistakenly classified among the productive forms of work, ought to be ranked first among the parasitical professions like those of monk, soldier, lawyer etc.

One could judge the degree of civilization of a country by the social and political position of its women