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

I now announce myself as candidate for the Presidency. I anticipate criticism; but however unfavorable I trust that my sincerity will not be called into question.

The American nation, in its march onward and upward, can not publicly choke the intellectual and political activity of half its citizens by narrow statutes.

I come before you to declare that my sex are entitled to the inalienable right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.

All that is good and commendable now existing would continue to exist if all marriage laws were repealed tomorrow .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

Woman, no less than man, can qualify herself for the more onerous occupations of life.

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.