Books and opinions, no matter from whom they came, if they are in opposition to human rights, are nothing but dead letters.

In case of separation, why should the children be taken from the protecting care of the mother? Who has a better right to them than she? How much do fathers generally do toward bringing them up?

From the cradle to the grave she is subject to the power and control of man. Father, guardian, or husband, one conveys her like some piece of merchandise over to the other.

The few bright meteors in man's intellectual horizon could well be matched by women, were she allowed to occupy the same elevated position.

Books and opinions, no matter from whom they came, if they are in opposition to human rights, are nothing but dead letters.

All that I can tell you is, that I used my humble powers to the uttermost, and raised my voice in behalf of Human Rights in general, and the elevation and Rights of Woman in particular, nearly all my life.

even the best of constitutions need sometimes to be amended and improved, for after all there is but one constitution which is infallible, but one constitution that ought to be held sacred, and that is the human constitution.