It is the preservation of the species, not of individuals, which appears to be the design of Deity throughout the whole of nature.

The birthright of man ... is such a degree of liberty, civil and religious, as is compatible with the liberty of every other individual with whom he is united in a social compact.

Men and women must be educated, in a great degree, by the opinions and manners of the society they live in.

What, but the rapacity of the only men who exercised their reason, the priests, secured such vast property to the church, when a man gave his perishable substance to save himself from the dark torments of purgatory.

Women ought to have representatives, instead of being arbitrarily governed without any direct share allowed them in the deliberations of government.

I do earnestly wish to see the distinction of sex confounded in society, unless where love animates the behaviour.

I begin to love this little creature, and to anticipate his birth as a fresh twist to a knot, which I do not wish to untie.