There shall never be another season of silence until women have the same rights men have on this green earth.

I expect to do more work for woman suffrage in the next decade than ever before.

It has always been thought perfectly womanly to be a scrub- woman in the Legislature and to take care of the spittoons; that is entirely within the charmed circle of woman's sphere; but for women to occupy any of those official seats would be degrading.

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.

There is not a woman born who desires to eat the bread of dependence.

Trust me that as I ignore all law to help the slave, so will I ignore it all to protect an enslaved woman.

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.