The divine right of husbands, like the divine right of kings, may, it is hoped, in this enlightened age, be contested without danger.
Mary WollstonecraftWomen ought to have representatives, instead of being arbitrarily governed without any direct share allowed them in the deliberations of government.
Mary WollstonecraftWomen are degraded by the propensity to enjoy the present moment, and, at last, despise the freedom which they have not sufficient virtue to struggle to attain.
Mary WollstonecraftNothing, I am sure, calls forth the faculties so much as the being obliged to struggle with the world.
Mary Wollstonecraft