It will appear evident upon attentive consideration that equality of intellectual and physical advantages is the only sure foundation of liberty, and that such equality may best, and perhaps only, be obtained by a union of interests and cooperation in labor. Frances Wright advantageattentiveconsideration share on social
The simplest principles become difficult of practice, when habits, formed in error, have been fixed by time, and the simplest truths hard to receive when prejudice has warped the mind. Frances Wright difficulterrorfix Change image and share on social
He who lives in the single exercise of his mental faculties, however usefully or curiously directed, is equally an imperfect animal with the man who knows only the exercise of muscles. Frances Wright animalcuriouslydirect Change image and share on social
Look into the nature of things. Search out the grounds of your opinions, the for and against. Frances Wright groundnatureopinion Change image and share on social
Our religious belief usurps the place of our sensations, our imaginations of our judgment. We no longer look to actions, trace their consequences, and then deduce the rule; we first make the rule, and then, right or wrong, force the action to square with it. Frances Wright actionbeliefconsequence share on social
There is but one honest limit to the rights of a sentient being; it is where they touch the rights of another sentient being. Frances Wright honestlimitright Change image and share on social
And when did mere preaching do any good? Put something in the place of these things. Fill the vacuum of the mind. Frances Wright fillgoodmere Change image and share on social
The hired preachers of all sects, creeds, and religions, never do, and never can, teach any thing but what is in conformity with the opinions of those who pay them. Frances Wright conformitycreedhire Change image and share on social
Speak of change, and the world is in alarm. And yet where do we not see change? Frances Wright alarmchangespeak Change image and share on social
Equality is the soul of liberty; there is, in fact, no liberty without it. Frances Wright equalityfactliberty Change image and share on social
