"We shall someday be in the majority, and then we shall govern."

"To think, I have had more than 60 years of hard struggle for a little liberty, and then to die without it seems hard."

"The day will come when men will recognize woman as his peer, not only at the fireside, but in the councils of the nation."

"I am not asking for any favors for my sex. I am asking for justice."

"It was we, the people; not we, the white male citizens; nor yet we, the male citizens; but we, the whole people, who formed the Union. And we formed it, not to give the blessings of liberty, but to se…"