The condition of women affords in all countries the best criterion by which to judge the character of men.
Frances Wrightthe mode of delivering a truth makes, for the most part, as much impression on the mind of the listener as the truth itself.
Frances WrightKnowledge signifies things known. Where there are no things known, there is no knowledge. Where there are no things to be known, there can be no knowledge. We have observed that every science, that is, every branch of knowledge, is compounded of certain facts, of which our sensations furnish the evidence. Where no such evidence is supplied, we are without data; we are without first premises; and when, without these, we attempt to build up a science, we do as those who raise edifices without foundations. And what do such builders construct? Castles in the air.
Frances WrightIt is in vain that we would circumscribe the power of one half of our race, and that half by far the most important and influential.
Frances Wright