Resolved, that the women of this nation in 1876, have greater cause for discontent, rebellion and revolution than the men of 1776.

This is rather different from the receptions I used to get fifty years ago. They threw things at me then but they were not roses.

Inconsistency is the jewel of the American people.

I beg you to speak of Woman as you do of the Negro, speak of her as a human being, as a citizen of the United States, as a half of the people in whose hands lies the destiny of this Nation.

I will cut off this right arm of mine before I will ever work or demand the ballot for the Negro and not the woman.

Cautious, careful people, always casting about to preserve their reputation and social standing, never can bring about a reform. Those who are really in earnest must be willing to be anything or nothing in the world's estimation.

The older I get, the greater power I seem to have to help the world; I am like a snowball - the further I am rolled the more I gain.