Quote #38

To make the public sentiment, on the side of all that is just and true and noble, is the highest use of life.

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  2. 'We, the people of the United States.' Which 'We, the people'? The women were not included.
  3. I was a woman before I was an abolitionist. I must speak for the women.
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  5. For these years I can only be a mother- no trivial thing, either.
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  8. The Bible says, 'Let your women keep silence.' It is flying in the face of Providence!

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