Susan B. Anthony Quotes & Sayings

“I think the girl who is able to earn her own living and pay her own way should be as happy as anybody on earth. The sense of independence and security is very sweet.”

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

“Independence is happiness.”

“Men, their rights, and nothing more; women, their rights, and nothing less.”

“I declare to you that woman must not depend upon the protection of man, but must be taught to protect herself, and there I take my stand.”

“An oligarchy of race, where the Saxon rules the African, might be endured; but this oligarchy of sex which makes father, brothers, husband, sons, the oligarchs over the mother and sisters, the wife and daughters of every household... carries discord and rebellion into every home of the nation.”

“Failure is impossible.”

“No man is good enough to govern any woman without her consent.”

“Join the union, girls, and together say Equal Pay for Equal Work.”

“She who succeeds in gaining the mastery of the bicycle will gain the mastery of life.”