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

Any civilized administration, however organized, prefers its own good to that of the people.

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

Despots prefer the friendship of the dog, who, unjustly mistreated and debased, still loves and serves the man who wronged him.

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

Once upon a time people talked about the infallibility of the pope; today it is that of the merchant which they wish to establish.

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