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 sciences have ever been the surest guides to virtue. Frances Wright guidesciencesure Change image and share on social
Pets, like their owners, tend to expand a little over the Christmas period. Frances Wright christmasexpandowner Change image and share on social
The existing principle of selfish interest and competition has been carried to its extreme point; and, in its progress, has isolated the heart of man, blunted the edge of his finest sensibilities, and annihilated all his most generous impulses and sympathies. Frances Wright annihilatebluntcarry 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
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
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
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
A necessary consequent of religious belief is the attaching ideas of merit to that belief, and of demerit to its absence. Frances Wright absenceattachbelief Change image and share on social
It is in vain that we would circumscribe the power of one half of our race, and that half by far the most important and influential. Frances Wright circumscribehalfimportant Change image and share on social