Governments never do any great good things from mere principle, from mere love of justice ... You expect too much of human nature when you expect that.

For a people is only as great, as free, as lofty, as advanced as its women are free, noble and progressive.

The religious persecution of the ages has been done under what was claimed to be the command of God.

Gentlemen ... Do you not see that so long as society says a woman is incompetent to be a lawyer, minister or doctor, but has ample ability to be a teacher, that every man of you who chooses this profession tacitly acknowledges that he has no more brains than a woman?

There never will be complete equality until women themselves help to make laws and elect lawmakers.

Gentlemen, no one objects to the husband being the head of the wife as Christ was the head of the church--to crucify himself; whatwe object to is his crucifying his wife.

Oh, yes. I'd do it all again; the spirit is willing yet; I feel the same desire to do the work but the flesh is weak. It's too bad that our bodies wear out while our interests are just as strong as ever.