Susan B. Anthony

"Education is the great equalizer, and women must have access to it."

"I have devoted my life to the cause of woman suffrage, and I shall not rest until it is won."

"The day women cease to be property and become persons is the day the world changes."

"I declare to you that I would rather live in a world where women vote than in a palace without freedom."

"Every woman has within her the power to change the world."

"I have spent fifty years fighting for the rights of woman, and I am not tired yet."

"The cause of woman is the cause of humanity itself."

"I declare that women must have the same educational opportunities as men, or the nation will suffer."

"The greatest obstacle to woman's advancement is woman's acceptance of her inferior position."

"I have been mobbed, insulted, and imprisoned for the cause of women's rights, but I regret nothing."

"The day a woman can control her own property and earnings is the day she begins to be free."

"I declare to you that the subjection of women is not ordained by nature, but by man."

"Every woman should know how to earn her own living, regardless of her circumstances."

"I have made my declaration of principles, and I shall live by them unto death."

"The right of a woman to work is as sacred as the right of a man."

"I declare that I will not be silent, I will not be patient, I will not wait for men to grant me my rights."

"The emancipation of woman is the emancipation of man from a terrible burden of responsibility."

"I have fought so hard because I believe that the right to vote is a right, not a privilege."

"A woman who votes becomes a citizen in the fullest sense of the word."

"I declare that every woman has a right to her own life, her own work, and her own happiness."

"The day women can vote freely is the day we have a true democracy."

"I have seen women suffer under laws they had no voice in making, and it breaks my heart."

"I declare to you that I am a radical, and I am proud of it."

"The cause of women's rights is not a luxury—it is a necessity for a civilized society."

"I have devoted my life to proving that women are not the weaker sex, but the equal of men."

"Every woman should have the right to speak her mind without fear of punishment."

"I declare that the time for patience has passed, and the time for action has come."

"The greatest gift I can give to the world is the freedom of woman."

"I have been called many things, but I am proud to be called a suffragist."

"A woman's education should prepare her not for dependence, but for independence."