Susan B. Anthony

"I have lived to see the day when women's rights are no longer whispered but proclaimed."

"A woman who knows her worth cannot be bought, sold, or subjected."

"I declare that I am a citizen of this nation, and I demand to be treated as such."

"The greatest revolution will come when women wake up to their own power."

"I have spent my life building a bridge from woman's oppression to her freedom."

"Every woman has the right to her own body, her own mind, and her own future."

"I declare that the fight for woman suffrage is the fight for the soul of democracy."

"The suppression of women's voices is the silencing of moral progress."

"I have been a voice for the voiceless, and I shall continue until the voiceless speak for themselves."

"A woman's equality is not a matter of opinion or philosophy—it is a matter of justice."

"I declare that I have no regrets, for I have lived according to my principles."

"The freedom of woman is the foundation upon which a just society is built."

"I have devoted my life to the belief that another world is possible for women."

"Every woman who refuses to accept injustice contributes to the cause of all women."

"I declare that the arc of history bends toward justice, and women will be free."

"I declare to you that woman must not depend upon the protection of man, but must learn to protect herself, and I predict that the day may not be far distant when she will do it."

"The day may be approaching when the whole world will recognize woman as the equal of man."

"I declare to you that woman must not depend upon the protection of man."

"Failure is impossible when women unite for a common cause."

"The true foundation of theology is to ascertain the character of God. It is by the aid of Recent Researches into human nature that we are enabled to do this."

"I wish that every human life might be pure and beautiful as those of the starry heavens."

"The day may come when the rights of woman will be as universally recognized as those of man."

"It was we, the people; not we, the white male citizens."

"Woman's discontent increases in exact proportion to her development."

"I declare to you that you have no right to think as you do."

"The preamble of the Federal Constitution says, 'We, the people'—not we, the white male citizens; but we, the whole people, who formed the Union."

"I declare myself a rebel against the tyranny of organized male supremacy."

"Some of my best friends are men, yet I would not trust the government of the country to any of them."

"A woman's first duty is to herself, not to any man or society."

"The day women are treated equal to men is the day the world will truly progress."