Philosophy Quotes

"The science of government is my passion; I would rather excel in this than in any other science."

"Expect little from human nature; hope much from human virtue."

"Violence may be necessary, but it is never the first resort of the righteous."

"I have lived according to my highest understanding of divine truth."

"The fault is not in our stars but in our conventions."

"Society creates the injustice, and then blames women for accepting it."

"Woman is not created to be the helper of man, but his equal."

"Nothing is unchangeable but the inherent and unalienable rights of man."

"Dependence begets subservience and venality, suffocates the germ of virtue, and prepares fit tools for the designs of ambition."

"The dead should not rule the living."

"The true foundation of theology is to ascertain the character of God."

"For it is not women that need rights, but mankind."

"All human situations have their inconveniences. We feel those of the present but neither feel those of the past nor foresee those of the future."

"Observe all men; thyself most."

"The golden age never was the present age."

"In the marketplace of ideas, the best must be allowed to compete freely."

"Reason and experience both forbid us to expect that national morality can prevail in exclusion of religious principle."

"My own experience has convinced me that the wiser policy is to place reliance on the nature of things."

"I am fully aware that I have been all my life what is called an 'oddity.'"

"I recognize the image of my Maker both in the slaveholder and the enslaved."

"The soul of a nation is revealed in how it treats the most vulnerable."

"A man's worth is measured by his commitment to justice."

"The bonds of human solidarity are stronger than the chains of slavery."

"No comfortable life is worth the price of a man's soul."

"The voice of conscience must ultimately prevail over the voice of power."

"Every soul has inherent worth and dignity."

"I believe slavery can never be abolished while it is tolerated in any part of the country."

"What has been will be, and what will be has been; and God seeketh that which is passed away."

"The true basis of our national success must be founded on this great principle of freedom."

"The true measure of a civilization is how it treats its women."