If the abstract rights of man will bear discussion and explanation, those of women, by a parity of reasoning, will not shrink from the same test.

I do not wish them [women] to have power over men; but over themselves.

I love man as my fellow; but his scepter, real, or usurped, extends not to me, unless the reason of an individual demands my homage; and even then the submission is to reason, and not to man.

In a society where the rights and potential of women are constrained, no man can be truly free. He may have power, but he will not have freedom.

The same energy of character which renders a man a daring villain would have rendered him useful in society, had that society been well organized.

My own sex, I hope, will excuse me, if I treat them like rational creatures, instead of flattering their fascinating graces, and viewing them as if they were in a state of perpetual childhood, unable to stand alone.