Equality! Where is it, if not in education? Equal rights! They cannot exist without equality of instruction.
Frances WrightHowever novel it may appear, I shall venture the assertion, that, until women assume the place in society which good sense and good feeling alike assign to them, human improvement must advance but feebly.
Frances WrightThe existing principle of selfish interest and competition has been carried to its extreme point; and, in its progress, has isolated the heart of man, blunted the edge of his finest sensibilities, and annihilated all his most generous impulses and sympathies.
Frances WrightI am neither Jew nor Gentile, Mahomedan nor Theist; I am but a member of the human family.
Frances WrightThere is a vulgar persuasion, that the ignorance of women, by favoring their subordination, ensures their utility. 'Tis the same argument employed by the ruling few against the subject many in aristocracies; by the rich against the poor in democracies; by the learned professions against the people in all countries.
Frances Wright