A reform in the system of criminal jurisprudence, by which the death penalty shall no longer be inflicted . . . and by which our so-called prisons shall be virtually transformed into vast reformatory workshops, from which the unfortunate may emerge to be useful members of society, instead of the alienated citizens they now are.

It makes no difference who or what you are, old or young, black or white, pagan, Jew, or Christian, I want to love you all and be loved by you all, and I mean to have your love.

My opinions and principles are subjects of just criticism.

All that is good and commendable now existing would continue to exist if all marriage laws were repealed tomorrow . . .

I shall not change my course because those who assume to be better than I desire it.

there are scores of thousands of women who are denominated prostitutes, and who are supported by hundreds of thousands of men who should, for like reasons, also be denominated prostitutes, since what will change a woman into a prostitute must also necessarily change a man into the same.

Every woman knows that if she were free, she would never bear an unwished-for child nor think of murdering one before its birth.