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Frances Wright Quotes: "Equality is the soul of liberty; there is, in fact, no liberty without it."

Equality is the soul of liberty; there is, in fact, no liberty without it.



Frances Wright Quotes: "Equality! Where is it, if not in education? Equal rights! They cannot exist without equality of instruction."

Equality! Where is it, if not in education? Equal rights! They cannot exist without equality of instruction.




Frances Wright Quotes: "Pets, like their owners, tend to expand a little over the Christmas period."

Pets, like their owners, tend to expand a little over the Christmas period.



Frances Wright Quotes: "Moral truth, resting entirely upon the ascertained consequences of actions, supposes a process of observation and reasoning."

Moral truth, resting entirely upon the ascertained consequences of actions, supposes a process of observation and reasoning.




Frances Wright Quotes: "Instead of establishing facts, we have to overthrow errors; instead of ascertaining what is, we have to chase from our imaginations what is not."

Instead of establishing facts, we have to overthrow errors; instead of ascertaining what is, we have to chase from our imaginations what is not.



Frances Wright Quotes: "... the happiness of a people is the only rational object of government, and the only object for which a people, free to choose, can have a government at all."

... the happiness of a people is the only rational object of government, and the only object for which a people, free to choose, can have a government at all.



Frances Wright Quotes: "These will vary in every human being; but knowledge is the same for every mind, and every mind may and ought to be trained to receive it."

These will vary in every human being; but knowledge is the same for every mind, and every mind may and ought to be trained to receive it.




Frances Wright Quotes: "Trust me, there are as many ways of living as there are men, and one is no more fit to lead another, than a bird to lead a fish, or a fish a quadruped."

Trust me, there are as many ways of living as there are men, and one is no more fit to lead another, than a bird to lead a fish, or a fish a quadruped.



Frances Wright Quotes: "Credulity is always ridiculous."

Credulity is always ridiculous.



Frances Wright Quotes: "Do not confound noise with fame. The man who is remembered, is not always honored."

Do not confound noise with fame. The man who is remembered, is not always honored.



Frances Wright Quotes: "I shall say, that I feel myself virtuous, because my soul is at rest."

I shall say, that I feel myself virtuous, because my soul is at rest.



Frances Wright Quotes: "We have ... dreamed so much and observed so little, that our imaginations have grown larger than the world we live in, and our judgments have dwindled down to a point."

We have ... dreamed so much and observed so little, that our imaginations have grown larger than the world we live in, and our judgments have dwindled down to a point.




Frances Wright Quotes: "The best road to correct reasoning is by physical science; the way to trace effects to causes is through physical science; the only corrective, therefore, of superstition is physical science."

The best road to correct reasoning is by physical science; the way to trace effects to causes is through physical science; the only corrective, therefore, of superstition is physical science.



Frances Wright Quotes: "The sciences have ever been the surest guides to virtue."

The sciences have ever been the surest guides to virtue.



Frances Wright Quotes: "There is but one honest limit to the rights of a sentient being; it is where they touch the rights of another sentient being."

There is but one honest limit to the rights of a sentient being; it is where they touch the rights of another sentient being.



Frances Wright Quotes: "Persecution for opinion is the master vice of society."

Persecution for opinion is the master vice of society.



Frances Wright Quotes: "Love of power more frequently originates in vanity than pride (two qualities, by the way, which are often confounded) and is, consequently, yet more peculiarly the sin of little than of great minds."

Love of power more frequently originates in vanity than pride (two qualities, by the way, which are often confounded) and is, consequently, yet more peculiarly the sin of little than of great minds.



Frances Wright Quotes: "Religion may be defined thus: a belief in, and homage rendered to, existences unseen and causes unknown."

Religion may be defined thus: a belief in, and homage rendered to, existences unseen and causes unknown.



Frances Wright Quotes: "He who lives in the single exercise of his mental faculties, however usefully or curiously directed, is equally an imperfect animal with the man who knows only the exercise of muscles."

He who lives in the single exercise of his mental faculties, however usefully or curiously directed, is equally an imperfect animal with the man who knows only the exercise of muscles.



Frances Wright Quotes: "the mode of delivering a truth makes, for the most part, as much impression on the mind of the listener as the truth itself."

the mode of delivering a truth makes, for the most part, as much impression on the mind of the listener as the truth itself.



Frances Wright Quotes: "Fathers and husbands! do ye not also understand this fact? Do ye not see how, in the mental bondage of your wives and fair companions, ye yourselves are bound?"

Fathers and husbands! do ye not also understand this fact? Do ye not see how, in the mental bondage of your wives and fair companions, ye yourselves are bound?



Frances Wright Quotes: "The knowledge of one generation is the ignorance of the next."

The knowledge of one generation is the ignorance of the next.



Frances Wright Quotes: "Of the thousands who have paid homage to virtue, barely one has thought to inspect the pedestal on which it stands."

Of the thousands who have paid homage to virtue, barely one has thought to inspect the pedestal on which it stands.



Frances Wright Quotes: "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."

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.



Frances Wright Quotes: "Many are called impious, not for having a worse, but a different religion from their neighbors; and many atheistical, not for the denying of God, but for thinking somewhat peculiarly concerning him."

Many are called impious, not for having a worse, but a different religion from their neighbors; and many atheistical, not for the denying of God, but for thinking somewhat peculiarly concerning him.



Frances Wright Quotes: "Truth is but approved facts."

Truth is but approved facts.



Frances Wright Quotes: "You have heard of, and studied various systems of philosophy; but real philosophy is opposed to all systems."

You have heard of, and studied various systems of philosophy; but real philosophy is opposed to all systems.



Frances Wright Quotes: "the language of truth is too simple for inexperienced ears."

the language of truth is too simple for inexperienced ears.



Frances Wright Quotes: "To give liberty to a slave before he understands its value is, perhaps, rather to impose a penalty than to bestow a blessing."

To give liberty to a slave before he understands its value is, perhaps, rather to impose a penalty than to bestow a blessing.



Frances Wright Quotes: "I am neither Jew nor Gentile, Mahomedan nor Theist; I am but a member of the human family."

I am neither Jew nor Gentile, Mahomedan nor Theist; I am but a member of the human family.



Frances Wright Quotes: "The condition of women affords in all countries the best criterion by which to judge the character of men."

The condition of women affords in all countries the best criterion by which to judge the character of men.



Frances Wright Quotes: "No man can see his own prejudices."

No man can see his own prejudices.



Frances Wright Quotes: "The simplest principles become difficult of practice, when habits, formed in error, have been fixed by time, and the simplest truths hard to receive when prejudice has warped the mind."

The simplest principles become difficult of practice, when habits, formed in error, have been fixed by time, and the simplest truths hard to receive when prejudice has warped the mind.



Frances Wright Quotes: "What were the glories of the sun, if we knew not the gloom of darkness?"

What were the glories of the sun, if we knew not the gloom of darkness?



Frances Wright Quotes: "The world is full of religion, and full of misery and crime."

The world is full of religion, and full of misery and crime.



Frances Wright Quotes: "Know why you believe, understand what you believe, and possess a reason for the faith that is in you."

Know why you believe, understand what you believe, and possess a reason for the faith that is in you.



Frances Wright Quotes: "I feel virtuous because my soul is at ease."

I feel virtuous because my soul is at ease.