Genius hath electric power Which earth can never tame, Bright suns may scorch and dark clouds lower, Its flash is still the same. - Lydia Maria Child

That a majority of women do not wish for any important change in their social and civil condition, merely proves that they are the unreflecting slaves of custom.

In the first place, the government ought not to be invested with power to control the affections, any more than the consciences of citizens. A man has at least as good a right to choose his wife, as he has to choose his religion. His taste may not suit his neighbors; but so long as his deportment is correct, they have no right to interfere with his concerns.

The United States is...a warning rather than an example to the world.