Lucy Stone

If a woman earned a dollar by scrubbing, her husband had a right to take the dollar and go and get drunk with it and beat her afterwards. It was his dollar.

I expect to plead not for the slave only, but for suffering humanity everywhere. Especially do I mean to labor for the elevation of my sex.

A wife should no more take her husband's name than he should hers. My name is my identity and must not be lost.

If you have a block of ballistics gelatin and a high-speed camera, pretty soon somebody gets a gun!

I've always been very determined, ever since I was a little girl, to make my way.

If you're not having a good time, find something else that gives you some joy in life.