Ernestine Rose Quotes & Sayings (Page 2)

Ernestine Rose quotes and sayings page 2 (activist). Here's quote # 11 through 20 out of the 36 we have.

“There is no reason against woman's elevation, but prejudices.”

“Why should women not be a martyr for her cause?”

“When a man comes to me and tries to convince me that he is not a thief, then I take care of my coppers.”

“Agitate! Agitate! Ought to be the motto of every reformer. Agitation is the opposite of stagnation - the one is life, the other death.”

“Books and opinions, no matter from whom they came, if they are in opposition to human rights, are nothing but dead letters.”

“Fathers like to have children good-natured, well-behaved, and comfortable, but how to put them in that desirable condition is out of their philosophy.”

“Away with that folly that her rights would be detrimental to her character - that if she were recognized as the equal to a man she would cease to be a woman!”

“It is high time to compel man by the might of right to give woman her political, legal and social rights. She will find her own sphere in accordance with her capacities, powers and tastes; and yet she will be woman still.”