"Because man and woman are the complement of one another, we need woman's thought in national affairs to make a safe and stable government."

--

Source : Elizabeth Cady Stanton (1969). “History of Women Suffrage”, Ayer Co Pub

Elizabeth Cady Stanton

#Men Quotes #Needs Quotes #Safe Quotes

“The knowledge of the nature of a horse is one of the first foundations of the art if riding it, and every horseman must make it his principal study.”
“Man seeks to learn, and man kills himself because of the loss of cohesion in his religious society; he does not kill himself because of his learning. It is certainly not the learning he acquires that disorganizes religion; but the desire for knowledge wakens because religion becomes disorganized.”
“A male gynecologist is like an auto mechanic who has never owned a car.”
“As we grew to love South Australia, we felt that we were in an expanding society, still feeling the bond to the motherland, but eager to develop a perfect society in the land of our adoption.”

Source : Catherine Helen Spence “An Autobiography”, Library of Alexandria
“Artists die twice. First creatively. Then physically. The second one is the easiest.”
“It's not a British attitude to dedicate yourself to such an extent as he [Wilkinson] does... He is such a dedicated so-and-so who only thinks about booting it over the posts”
“Any philosophy worth taking seriously would have to be built upon a firm foundation of unyielding despair.”
“I'm also pretty impressive when I'm shoving the neck of a lute into someone's chest cavity.”

You may also like:

Alice Paul
Activist
Carrie Chapman Catt
Dorothea Dix
Nurse
Frederick Douglass
Orator
Lucretia Mott
Activist
Lucy Stone
Activist
Sojourner Truth
Activist
William Lloyd Garrison
Journalist
Susan B. Anthony
Women's rights activist