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

To confound the tyranny of man there should exist for a century a third sex, both male and female, and stronger than men. This new sex would prove with the lash that men as well as women are made for its pleasure; and then you would hear men protesting against the tyranny of the hermaphrodite sex and admitting that strength should not be the sole rule of right. Just why do they refuse to grant the women the independence which they would demand from the third sex?

Certainly in each social period, youth must be made to venerate the dominant absurdities.

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

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

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

The extension of women's rights is the basic principle of all social progress.