The religious persecution of the ages has been done under what was claimed to be the command of God. Susan B. Anthony More Quotes by Susan B. Anthony More Quotes From Susan B. Anthony The one distinct feature of our Association has been the right of the individual opinion for every member. We have been beset at every step with the cry that somebody was injuring the cause by the expression of some sentiments that differed with those held by the majority of mankind. The religious persecution of the ages has been done under what was claimed to be the command of God. I distrust those people who know so well what God wants them to do to their fellows, because it always coincides with their own desires. Susan B. Anthony expressionreligiouspeople I have known nothing the last thirty years save the struggle for human rights on this continent. If it had been a class of men whowere disfranchised and denied their legal rights, I believe I should have devoted my life precisely as I have done in behalf of my own sex. Susan B. Anthony strugglebelievesex I stand and rejoice every time I see a woman ride by on a wheel...the picture of free, untrammeled womanhood. Susan B. Anthony riding-a-bicyclecyclingwheels Cautious, careful people, always casting about to preserve their reputation and social standing, never can bring about a reform. Those who are really in earnest must be willing to be anything or nothing in the world's estimation. Susan B. Anthony womenhistorypeople Let me tell you what I think of bicycling. I think it has done more to emancipate women than anything else in the world. I stand and rejoice every time I see a woman ride by on a wheel. It gives a woman a feeling of freedom and self-reliance. It makes her feel as if she were independent... the picture of free, untrammeled womanhood. Susan B. Anthony womenhealinginspirational Join the union, girls, and together say Equal Pay for Equal Work. Susan B. Anthony equal-paydiversitygirl Every woman should have a purse of her own. Susan B. Anthony pursesshould-havewitty I shall work for the Republican party and call on all women to join me, precisely... for what that party has done and promises to do for women, nothing more, nothing less. Susan B. Anthony partydonepromise Inconsistency is the jewel of the American people. Susan B. Anthony inconsistencyjewelspeople When society is rightly organized, the wife and mother will have time, wish and will to grow intellectually, and will know that the limits of her sphere, the extent of her duties, are prescribed only by the measure of her ability. Susan B. Anthony wifemotherwish I expect to do more work for woman suffrage in the next decade than ever before. Susan B. Anthony suffragewoman-suffragenext To grant woman an equality with man in the affairs of life is contrary to every tradition, every precedent, every inheritance, every instinct and every teaching. The acceptance of this idea is possible only to those of especially progressive tendencies and a strong sense of justice, and it is yet too soon to expect these from the majority. Susan B. Anthony strongacceptanceteaching I will cut off this right arm of mine before I will ever work or demand the ballot for the Negro and not the woman. Susan B. Anthony armsdemandcutting White men have always controlled their wives' wages. Colored men were not able to do so until they themselves became free. Then they owned both their wives and their wages. Susan B. Anthony white-manwifemen Trust me that as I ignore all law to help the slave, so will I ignore it all to protect an enslaved woman. Susan B. Anthony powerful-womenlawhelping Suffrage is the pivotal right. Susan B. Anthony laughterinspirationeducation It is often asserted that as woman has always been man's slave--subject--inferior--dependent, under all forms of government and religion, slavery must be her normal condition. This might have some weight had not the vast majority of men also been enslaved for centuries to kings and popes, and orders of nobility, who, in the progress of civilization, have reached complete equality. Susan B. Anthony womengovernmentkings Resolved, that the women of this nation in 1876, have greater cause for discontent, rebellion and revolution than the men of 1776. Susan B. Anthony uprisingfeministmen it is only through a wholesome discontent with things as they are, that we ever try to make them any better. Susan B. Anthony discontentchangetrying Marriage, to woman as to man, must be a luxury, not a necessity; an incident of life, not all of it. Susan B. Anthony incidentsluxurymen
