Man is not by nature a tyrant, but becomes a tyrant by power conferred on him.

Those who go forth ministering to the wants and necessities of their fellow beings experience a rich return, their souls being as a watered garden, and a spring that faileth not

We too often bind ourselves by authorities rather than by the truth.

Liberty is not less a blessing, because oppression has so long darkened the mind that it can not appreciate it.

Let woman then go on-not asking favors, but claiming as a right the removal of all hindrances to her elevation in the scale of being-let her receive encouragement for the proper cultivation of all her powers, so that she may enter profitably into the active business of life.

A child, like all other human beings, has inalienable rights.

I want that there should be a belief, a faith in the possibility of removing mountains to the side of right. If we believe that war is wrong, as everyone must, then we ought to believe that by proper efforts on our part, it may be done away with.