We demand in the Reconstruction suffrage for all the citizens of the Republic. I would not talk of Negroes or women, but of citizens.

Because man and woman are the complement of one another, we need woman's thought in national affairs to make a safe and stable government.

I poured out the torrent of my long-standing discontent and I challenged them to do and dare anything.

I am weary seeing our laboring classes so wretchedly housed, fed, and clothed, while thousands of dollars are wasted every year over unsightly statues. If these great man must have outdoor memorials, let them be in the form of handsome blocks of buildings for the poor

... women learned one important lesson--namely, that it is impossible for the best of men to understand women's feelings or the humiliation of their position. When they asked us to be silent on our question during the War, and labor for the emancipation of the slave, we did so, and gave five years to his emancipation and enfranchisement.... I was convinced, at the time, that it was the true policy. I am now equally sure that it was a blunder.

Chauncy Burr ... talks well, possibly better than he thinks. But this is a common failing.

Surely the immutable laws of the universe can teach more impressive and exalted lessons than the holy books of all the religions on earth.