“The more complete the despotism, the more smoothly all things move on the surface.”
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The moment we begin to fear the opinions of others and hesitate to tell the truth that is in us, and from motives of policy are silent when we should speak, the divine floods of light and life no longer flow into our souls.
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We are the only class in history that has been left to fight its battles alone, unaided by the ruling powers. White labor and the freed black men had their champions, but where are ours?
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Come, come, my conservative friend, wipe the dew off your spectacles, and see that the world is moving.
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We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men and women are created equal.
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To make laws that man cannot, and will not obey, serves to bring all law into contempt.
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
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