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the Law has made the man and wife one person, and that one person the husband!


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Any great change must expect opposition, because it shakes the very foundation of privilege.

Any great change must expect opposition, because it shakes the very foundation of privilege.



The world has never yet seen a truly great and virtuous nation, because in the degradation of women, the very fountains of life are poisoned at their source.

The world has never yet seen a truly great and virtuous nation, because in the degradation of women, the very fountains of life are poisoned at their source.



I have no idea of submitting tamely to injustice inflicted either on me or on the slave. I will oppose it with all the moral powers with which I am endowed. I am no advocate of passivity.

I have no idea of submitting tamely to injustice inflicted either on me or on the slave. I will oppose it with all the moral powers with which I am endowed. I am no advocate of passivity.



I long for the day my sisters will rise, and occupy the sphere to which they are called by their high nature and destiny.

I long for the day my sisters will rise, and occupy the sphere to which they are called by their high nature and destiny.



In the marriage union, the independence of the husband and wife will be equal, their dependence mutual, and their obligations reciprocal.

In the marriage union, the independence of the husband and wife will be equal, their dependence mutual, and their obligations reciprocal.



If our principles are right, why should we be cowards?

If our principles are right, why should we be cowards?



The legal theory is, that marriage makes the husband and wife one person, and that person is the husband.

The legal theory is, that marriage makes the husband and wife one person, and that person is the husband.



Man is not by nature a tyrant, but becomes a tyrant by power conferred on him.

Man is not by nature a tyrant, but becomes a tyrant by power conferred on him.



Liberty is not less a blessing, because oppression has so long darkened the mind that it can not appreciate it.

Liberty is not less a blessing, because oppression has so long darkened the mind that it can not appreciate it.



Truth for authority, not authority for truth.

Truth for authority, not authority for truth.





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After all is said and done more is said than done.

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The weakness of human reason appears more evidently in those who know it not than in those who know it.

The weakness of human reason appears more evidently in those who know it not than in those who know it.



I am convinced that nothing but the hand of God can save us or help us as long as we have our present commander.

I am convinced that nothing but the hand of God can save us or help us as long as we have our present commander.



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Technology and the pace of change in media is pushing us into an uncomfortable area The media have perhaps become more cavalier towards pushing confidential information.



At the bottom of enmity between strangers lies indifference.

At the bottom of enmity between strangers lies indifference.



To say it another way, thinking, however abstract, originates in an embodied subjectivity, at once overdetermined and permeable to contingent events.

To say it another way, thinking, however abstract, originates in an embodied subjectivity, at once overdetermined and permeable to contingent events.



Whoever has God lacks nothing. God alone suffices.

Whoever has God lacks nothing. God alone suffices.


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I don't make any pretense about being normal. I'm not.

I don't make any pretense about being normal. I'm not.



I am fully and entirely concentrated on the board. I never even consider my opponent's personality. So far as I am concerned, my opponent might as well be an abstraction or an automaton.

I am fully and entirely concentrated on the board. I never even consider my opponent's personality. So far as I am concerned, my opponent might as well be an abstraction or an automaton.



I'd like to be taken in charge of as an actor, not to be abandoned with asinine dialogue and meaningless actions or stereotyped characters. I'd like to feel like I'm in a character driven story.

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