The careful student of history will discover that Christianity has been of very little value in advancing civilization, but has done a great deal toward retarding it.
Matilda Joslyn GageWomen should unite upon a platform of opposition to the teaching and aim of that ever most unscrupulous enemy of freedom--the Church.
Matilda Joslyn GageThe most stupendous system of organized robbery known has been that of the church towards woman, a robbery that has not only taken her self-respect but all rights of person; the fruits of her own industry; her opportunities of education; the exercise of her judgment, her own conscience, her own will.
Matilda Joslyn Gage