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Ernestine Rose Quotes

Carry out the republican principle of universal suffrage, or strike it from your banners and substitute ‘Freedom and Power to one half of society, and Submission and Slavery to the other.’ Picture Quote #1

Carry out the republican principle of universal suffrage, or strike it from your banners and substitute ‘Freedom and Power to one half of society, and Submission and Slavery to the other Picture Quote #1

If you allow one single germ, one single seed of slavery to remain in the soil of America... that germ will spring up, that noxious weed will thrive, and again stifle the growth, wither the leaves, blast the flowers and poison the fair fruits of freedom Picture Quote #1

No! on Human Rights and Freedom, on a subject that is as self-evident as that two and two make four, there is no need of any written authority Picture Quote #1

But it will be said that the husband provides for the wife, or in other words, he feeds, clothes and shelters her! I wish I had the power to make every one before me fully realize the degradation contained in that idea Picture Quote #1

But say some, would you expose woman to the contact of rough, rude, drinking, swearing, fighting men at the ballot box? What a humiliating confession lies in this plea for keeping woman in the background! Picture Quote #1

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In the laws of the land, she has no rights; in government she has no voice. and in spite of another principle recognized in this Republic, namely, that ‘taxation without representation is tyranny,’ she is taxed without being represented Picture Quote #1

I suppose you all grant that woman is a human being. If she has a right to life she has a right to earn a support for that life. If a human being, she has a right to have her powers and faculties as a human being developed. If developed, she has a right to exercise them Picture Quote #1

Slavery and freedom cannot exist together Picture Quote #1

... The reward of springing from the consciousness of right, of endeavoring to benefit unborn generations Picture Quote #1

There is no reason against woman’s elevation, but prejudices Picture Quote #1

Why should women not be a martyr for her cause? Picture Quote #1

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What is life without liberty; and what is liberty without equality of rights? Picture Quote #1

There is ten times more in the world than would maintain all in yet unknown luxury. Yet how much misery there is in our midst; not because there is not enough, but owing to the misdirection of it Picture Quote #1

The main cause is a pernicious falsehood propagated against her being, namely that she is inferior by her nature. Inferior in what? What has man ever done that woman, under the same advantages could not do? Picture Quote #1

Much is said about the burdens and responsibilities of married men. Responsibilities indeed there are, if they but felt them: but as to burdens what are they? Picture Quote #1

In case of separation, why should the children be taken from the protecting care of the mother? Who has a better right to them than she? How much do fathers generally do toward bringing them up? Picture Quote #1

If any difference should be made by law between husband and wife, reason, justice and humanity, if their voices were heard, would dictate that it should be in her favor Picture Quote #1

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Do you not yet understand what has made woman what she is? Then see what the sickly taste and perverted judgment of man now admires in woman Picture Quote #1

Cultivate the frontal portion of her brain as much as that of man is cultivated, and she will stand his equal at least. Even now, where her mind has been called out at all, her intellect is as bright, as capacious, and as powerful as his Picture Quote #1

Silence is consent. And silence where life and liberty is at stake, where by a timely protest we could stay the destoyer’s hand, and do not do so, is as criminal as giving actual aid to the oppressor, for it answers his purpose Picture Quote #1

It is high time to compel man by the might of right to give woman her political, legal and social rights. She will find her own sphere in accordance with her capacities, powers and tastes; and yet she will be woman still Picture Quote #1

Even the best of constitutions need sometimes to be amended and improved, for after all there is but one constitution which is infallible, but one constitution that ought to be held sacred, and that is the human constitution Picture Quote #1

It is an interesting and demonstrable fact that all children are atheists and were not religion inculcated in their minds, they would remain so Picture Quote #1

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The mass of the people commence life with no other capital than the union of head, hearts and hands. To the benefit of this best of capital the wife has no right Picture Quote #1

If they are unsuccessful in married life, who suffers more the bitter consequences of poverty than the wife? But if successful, she has not a dollar to call her own Picture Quote #1

I know that some endeavor to throw the mantle of romance over the subject and treat woman like some ideal existence, not liable to the ills of life. Let those deal in fancy who have nothing better to deal in; we have to do with sober, sad realities, with stubborn facts Picture Quote #1

From the cradle to the grave she is subject to the power and control of man. Father, guardian, or husband, one conveys her like some piece of merchandise over to the other Picture Quote #1

Blind submission in women is considered a virtue, while submission to wrong is itself wrong, and resistance to wrong is virtue alike in women as in man Picture Quote #1

Again, I shall be told that the law presumes the husband to be kind, affectionate, and ready to provide for and protect his wife. But what right, I ask, has the law to presume at all on the subject? Picture Quote #1

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Carry out the republican principle of universal suffrage, or strike it from your banners and substitute ‘Freedom and Power to one half of society, and Submission and Slavery to the other.’ (Ernestine Rose Quotes) Carry out the republican principle of universal suffrage, or strike it from your banners and substitute ‘Freedom and Power to one half of society, and Submission and Slavery to the other (Ernestine Rose Quotes) If you allow one single germ, one single seed of slavery to remain in the soil of America... that germ will spring up, that noxious weed will thrive, and again stifle the growth, wither the leaves, blast the flowers and poison the fair fruits of freedom (Ernestine Rose Quotes) No! on Human Rights and Freedom, on a subject that is as self-evident as that two and two make four, there is no need of any written authority (Ernestine Rose Quotes) But it will be said that the husband provides for the wife, or in other words, he feeds, clothes and shelters her! I wish I had the power to make every one before me fully realize the degradation contained in that idea (Ernestine Rose Quotes) But say some, would you expose woman to the contact of rough, rude, drinking, swearing, fighting men at the ballot box? What a humiliating confession lies in this plea for keeping woman in the background! (Ernestine Rose Quotes) In the laws of the land, she has no rights; in government she has no voice. and in spite of another principle recognized in this Republic, namely, that ‘taxation without representation is tyranny,’ she is taxed without being represented (Ernestine Rose Quotes) I suppose you all grant that woman is a human being. If she has a right to life she has a right to earn a support for that life. If a human being, she has a right to have her powers and faculties as a human being developed. If developed, she has a right to exercise them (Ernestine Rose Quotes) Slavery and freedom cannot exist together (Ernestine Rose Quotes) ... The reward of springing from the consciousness of right, of endeavoring to benefit unborn generations (Ernestine Rose Quotes) There is no reason against woman’s elevation, but prejudices (Ernestine Rose Quotes) Why should women not be a martyr for her cause? (Ernestine Rose Quotes) What is life without liberty; and what is liberty without equality of rights? (Ernestine Rose Quotes) There is ten times more in the world than would maintain all in yet unknown luxury. Yet how much misery there is in our midst; not because there is not enough, but owing to the misdirection of it (Ernestine Rose Quotes) The main cause is a pernicious falsehood propagated against her being, namely that she is inferior by her nature. Inferior in what? What has man ever done that woman, under the same advantages could not do? (Ernestine Rose Quotes) Much is said about the burdens and responsibilities of married men. Responsibilities indeed there are, if they but felt them: but as to burdens what are they? (Ernestine Rose Quotes) In case of separation, why should the children be taken from the protecting care of the mother? Who has a better right to them than she? How much do fathers generally do toward bringing them up? (Ernestine Rose Quotes) If any difference should be made by law between husband and wife, reason, justice and humanity, if their voices were heard, would dictate that it should be in her favor (Ernestine Rose Quotes) Do you not yet understand what has made woman what she is? Then see what the sickly taste and perverted judgment of man now admires in woman (Ernestine Rose Quotes) Cultivate the frontal portion of her brain as much as that of man is cultivated, and she will stand his equal at least. Even now, where her mind has been called out at all, her intellect is as bright, as capacious, and as powerful as his (Ernestine Rose Quotes) Silence is consent. And silence where life and liberty is at stake, where by a timely protest we could stay the destoyer’s hand, and do not do so, is as criminal as giving actual aid to the oppressor, for it answers his purpose (Ernestine Rose Quotes) It is high time to compel man by the might of right to give woman her political, legal and social rights. She will find her own sphere in accordance with her capacities, powers and tastes; and yet she will be woman still (Ernestine Rose Quotes) Even the best of constitutions need sometimes to be amended and improved, for after all there is but one constitution which is infallible, but one constitution that ought to be held sacred, and that is the human constitution (Ernestine Rose Quotes) It is an interesting and demonstrable fact that all children are atheists and were not religion inculcated in their minds, they would remain so (Ernestine Rose Quotes) The mass of the people commence life with no other capital than the union of head, hearts and hands. To the benefit of this best of capital the wife has no right (Ernestine Rose Quotes) If they are unsuccessful in married life, who suffers more the bitter consequences of poverty than the wife? But if successful, she has not a dollar to call her own (Ernestine Rose Quotes) I know that some endeavor to throw the mantle of romance over the subject and treat woman like some ideal existence, not liable to the ills of life. Let those deal in fancy who have nothing better to deal in; we have to do with sober, sad realities, with stubborn facts (Ernestine Rose Quotes) From the cradle to the grave she is subject to the power and control of man. Father, guardian, or husband, one conveys her like some piece of merchandise over to the other (Ernestine Rose Quotes) Blind submission in women is considered a virtue, while submission to wrong is itself wrong, and resistance to wrong is virtue alike in women as in man (Ernestine Rose Quotes) Again, I shall be told that the law presumes the husband to be kind, affectionate, and ready to provide for and protect his wife. But what right, I ask, has the law to presume at all on the subject? (Ernestine Rose Quotes)

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