... when we shall have our amendment to the Constitution of the United States, everyone will think it was always so, just exactly ...as many young people believe that all the privileges, all the freedom, all the enjoyments which woman now possesses were always hers. They have no idea of how every single inch of ground that she stands upon to-day has been gained by the hard work of some little handful of women of the past.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Without the Constitution and the Union, we could not have attained the result; but even these, are not the primary cause of our gr...eat prosperity. There is something back of these, entwining itself more closely about the human heart. That something, is the principle of "Liberty to all"Mthe principle that clears the path for all--gives hope to all--and, by consequence, enterprize [sic], and industry to all.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Children, I talks to God and God talks to me. I goes out and talks to God in de fields and de woods. Dis morning I was walking out..., and I got over de fence. I saw de wheat a holding up its head, looking very big. I goes up and takes holt ob it. You b'lieve it, dere was no wheat dare? I says, God, what is de matter wid dis wheat? and he says to me, "Sojourner, dere is a little weasel in it." Now I hears talkin' about de Constitution and de rights of man. I comes up and I takes hold of dis Constitution. it looks mighty big, and I feels for my rights, but der aint any dare. Den, I says, God, what ails dis Constitution? He says to me, "Sojourner, dere is a little weasel in it." I carry no weapon; the Lord will reserve [i.e., preserve] me without weapons, I feel safe even in the midst of my enemies; for the truth is powerful and will prevail.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
If you complain of neglect of education in sons, what shall I say with regard to daughters, who every day experience the want of i...t? With regard to the education of my own children, I find myself soon out of my depth, destitute and deficient in every part of education. I most sincerely wish ... that our new Constitution may be distinguished for encouraging learning and virtue. If we mean to have heroes, statesmen, and philosophers, we should have learned women.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Roughly speaking, the President of the United States knows what his job is. Constitution and custom spell it out, for him as well ...as for us. His wife has no such luck. The First Lady has no rules; rather each new woman must make her own.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
When will the men do something besides extend congratulations? I would rather have President Roosevelt say one word to Congress in... favor of amending the Constitution to give women the suffrage than to praise me endlessly!LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
There never seems to be any difficulty in stretching the laws and the constitution to fit any kind of a political deal, but when i...t is proposed to make some concession to women they loom up like an unscalable wall.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
One kind of justice is that which is manifested in distributions of honour or money or the other things that fall to be divided am...ong those who have a share in the constitution ... and another kind is that which plays a rectifying part in transactions.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »