The time is approaching when we shall consider it abhorrent to our civilization to allow a human being to die in prolonged agony which we should mercifully end in any other creature.

Maternal instinct, merely as an instinct, is unworthy of our superstitious reverence.

A house does not need a wife any more than it needs a husband.

The children in this country are the one center and focus of all our thoughts. Every step of our advance is always considered in its effect on them-on the race. You see, we are MOTHERS, she repeated, as if in that she had said it all.

(I would not say it to a living soul, of course, but this is dead paper and a great relief to my mind

Patriotism, red hot, is compatible with the existence of a neglect of national interests, a dishonesty, a cold indifference to the suffering of millions. Patriotism is largely pride, and very largely combativeness. Patriotism generally has a chip on its shoulder.

What we do modifies us more than what is done to us.