"To be independent of public opinion, is the first step towards dignity."

"The very constitution of civil society has been framed in the interest of men."

"I am a child of nature, who has been taught to think; and I will not resign my birthright for a mess of pottage."

"A great many women and men, too, make a point of never thinking about a subject without having taken a side first."

"I have always been of opinion, that the only way to make women rational creatures, and free citizens, is to allow them to pursue their own interest, and to follow the bent of their own inclinations."