You may talk about Free Love, if you please, but we are to have the right to vote. Today we are fined, imprisoned, and hanged, without a jury trial by our peers. You shall not cheat us by getting us off to talk about something else. When we get the suffrage, then you may taunt us with anything you please, and we will then talk about it as long as you please.
Lucy StoneTo make the public sentiment on the side of all that is just and true and noble is the highest use of life.
Lucy StoneThe politician is the creature of the public sentiment -- never goes ahead of it because he depends on it . . .
Lucy Stone