We too often bind ourselves by authorities rather than by the truth.
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The world has never yet seen a truly great and virtuous nation because in the degradation of woman the very fountains of life are poisoned at their source.Lucretia Mott
It is not Christianity, but priestcraft that has subjected woman as we find her.
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I resolved to claim for my sex all that an impartial Creator had bestowed, which, by custom and a perverted application of the Scriptures, had been wrested from woman.
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Truth for authority, not authority for truth.
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The cause of Peace has had my share of efforts, taking the ultra non-resistance ground - that a Christian cannot consistently uphold, and actively support, a government based on the sword, or whose ultimate resort is to the destroying weapons
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