Catharine Macaulay

"Literature is the conversation of the ages."

"Politics without principle is merely the exercise of power."

"War leaves scars that generations cannot heal."

"Motivation is the fuel of achievement."

"Inspiration strikes those who are prepared to receive it."

"Relationships are the fabric of human existence."

"Solitude teaches us to know ourselves."

"The unexamined life is not worth living."

"Excellence is a habit, not a singular act."

"The great requisite to a good education is, that a boy should be taught to think for himself."

"Women are not naturally inferior to men; they are made so by a defective education."

"History is a record of human follies and crimes; let us learn from them."

"The mind of woman is as capable of improvement as that of man."

"Justice demands that we examine our prejudices with the same rigor we apply to others' faults."

"True freedom consists not in the absence of restraint, but in the exercise of reason."

"A nation's character is revealed in how it treats those with the least power."

"Knowledge without virtue is a weapon turned against oneself."

"The corruption of power begins when we forget those we serve."

"Courage is not the absence of fear, but reason overcoming it."

"We must question authority with as much vigor as we question the powerless."

"The pursuit of truth requires us to abandon comfortable falsehoods."

"Education is the most powerful tool for liberation."

"A woman's intellect is dulled not by nature, but by enforced idleness."

"Peace is built upon justice, not merely the absence of conflict."

"The strength of a democracy lies in the diversity of its thinkers."

"Virtue must be cultivated through reason and practice."

"History teaches us that tyranny thrives in ignorance."

"A mind confined is a mind diminished."

"The measure of civilization is how it educates its daughters."

"Power without accountability breeds corruption."