Ernestine Rose

Why should women not be a martyr for her cause? ”

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. ”

Fathers like to have children good-natured, well-behaved, and comfortable, but how to put them in that desirable condition is out of their philosophy. ”

Away with that folly that her rights would be detrimental to her character - that if she were recognized as the equal to a man she would cease to be a woman! ”

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. ”

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? ”

All that I can tell you is, that I used my humble powers to the uttermost, and raised my voice in behalf of Human Rights in general, and the elevation and Rights of Woman in particular, nearly all my life. ”

Books and opinions, no matter from whom they came, if they are in opposition to human rights, are nothing but dead letters. ”

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. ”

Emancipation from every kind of bondage is my principle. I go for recognition of human rights, without distinction of sect, party, sex, or color. ”