The strokes of the pen need deliberation as much as the sword needs swiftness. - Julia Ward Howe

We, the women of one country,
Will be too tender of those of another country
To allow our sons to be trained to injure theirs.

I think nothing is religion which puts one individual absolutely above others, and surely nothing is religion which puts one sex above another.

What is the harvest of thy saints, O God! who dost abide? Where grow the garlands of thy chiefs In blood and sorrow dyed? What have thy servants for their pains? "This only — to have tried."