If the abstract rights of man will bear discussion and explanation, those of women, by a parity of reasoning, will not shrink from the same test.
More Quotes from Mary Wollstonecraft:
The mind will ever be unstable that has only prejudices to rest on, and the current will run with destructive fury when there are no barriers to break its force.Mary Wollstonecraft
Nothing contributes so much to tranquilizing the mind as a steady purpose - a point on which the soul may fix its intellectual eye.
Mary Wollstonecraft
Why is our fancy to be appalled by terrific perspectives of a hell beyond the grave?
Mary Wollstonecraft
It appears to me impossible that I should cease to exist, or that this active, restless spirit, equally alive to joy and sorrow, should be only organized dust.
Mary Wollstonecraft
Women ought to have representatives, instead of being arbitrarily governed without any direct share allowed them in the deliberations of government.
Mary Wollstonecraft
Readers Who Like This Quotation Also Like:
Based on Topics: Man Quotes, Reasoning Quotes, Woman QuotesBased on Keywords: parity
I decided long ago never to walk in anyone's shadow; if I fail, or if I succeed at least I did as I believe.
Whitney Houston
I never really studied business in school. I kind of wish I had, but how boring is that?
Mick Jagger
A Sunday school is a prison in which children do penance for the evil conscience of their parents.
H. L. Mencken