It is in vain that we would circumscribe the power of one half of our race, and that half by far the most important and influential.
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However novel it may appear, I shall venture the assertion, that, until women assume the place in society which good sense and good feeling alike assign to them, human improvement must advance but feebly.Frances Wright
If we bring not the good courage of minds covetous of truth, and truth only, prepared to hear all things, and decide upon all things, according to evidence, we should do more wisely to sit down contented in ignorance, than to bestir ourselves only to reap disappointment.
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The sciences have ever been the surest guides to virtue.
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There is but one honest limit to the rights of a sentient being; it is where they touch the rights of another sentient being.
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Religion may be defined thus: a belief in, and homage rendered to, existences unseen and causes unknown.
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If they exert it not for good, they will for evil; if they advance not knowledge, they will perpetuate ignorance.
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