I can not imagine a God ... made happy by my getting down on my knees and calling him 'great'.

The anti-suffragist talk of sheltering women from the fierce storms of life is a lot of cant. I have no patience with it. These storms beat on woman just as fiercely as they do on man, and she is not trained to defend herself against them.

I think the girl who is able to earn her own living and pay her own way should be as happy as anybody on earth. The sense of independence and security is very sweet.

I declare to you that woman must not depend upon the protection of man, but must be taught to protect herself, and there I take my stand.

I look for the day...when the only criterion of excellence or position shall be the ability and character of the individual; and this time will come.

If I could only live another century!

We are told it will be of no use for us to ask this measure of justice--that the ballot be given to the women of our new possessions upon the same terms as to the men--because we shall not get it. It is not our business whether we are going to get it; our business is to make the demand.... Ask for the whole loaf and take what you can get.