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Susan B. Anthony quotes

American Activist February 15, 1820 – March 13, 1906

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Sooner or later we all discover that the important moments in life are not the advertised ones, not the birthdays, the graduations, the weddings, not the great goals achieved. The real milestones are less prepossessing. They come to the door of memory unannounced, stray dogs that amble in, sniff around a bit and simply never leave. Our lives are measured by these. Susan B. Anthony
I pray every single moment of my life; not on my knees but with my work. My prayer is to lift women to equality with men. Work and worship are one with me. Susan B. Anthony
I think the girl who is able to earn her own living and pay her own way should be as happy as anybody on earth. The sense of independence and security is very sweet. Susan B. Anthony
Susan B. Anthony quote: "Independence is happiness."
Independence is happiness. Susan B. Anthony
Forget conventionalisms; forget what the world thinks of you stepping out of your place; think your best thoughts, speak your best words, work your best works, looking to your own conscience for approval. Susan B. Anthony
It would be ridiculous to talk of male and female atmospheres, male and female springs or rains, male and female sunshine.... how much more ridiculous is it in relation to mind, to soul, to thought, where there is as undeniably no such thing as sex, to talk of male and female education and of male and female schools. [written with Elizabeth Cady Stanton] Susan B. Anthony
Susan B. Anthony quote: "Join the union, girls, and together say Equal Pay for Equal Work."
Join the union, girls, and together say Equal Pay for Equal Work. Susan B. Anthony
Let me tell you what I think of bicycling. I think it has done more to emancipate women than anything else in the world. I stand and rejoice every time I see a woman ride by on a wheel. Susan B. Anthony
Susan B. Anthony quote: "Women, we might as well be dogs baying the moon as petitioners..."
Women, we might as well be dogs baying the moon as petitioners without the right to vote! Susan B. Anthony
Susan B. Anthony quote: "There shall never be another season of silence until women..."
There shall never be another season of silence until women have the same rights men have on this green earth. Susan B. Anthony
Susan B. Anthony quote: "Trust me that as I ignore all law to help the slave, so will I..."
Trust me that as I ignore all law to help the slave, so will I ignore it all to protect an enslaved woman. Susan B. Anthony
Our Job is not to make young women grateful. It is to make the ungrateful so they keep going. Gratitude never radicalized anybody Susan B. Anthony
I shall earnestly and persistently continue to urge all women to the practical recognition of the old Revolutionary maxim. Resistance to tyranny is obedience to God. Susan B. Anthony
If all the rich and all of the church people should send their children to the public schools they would feel bound to concentrate their money on improving these schools until they met the highest ideals. Susan B. Anthony
The one distinct feature of our Association has been the right of the individual opinion for every member. We have been beset at every step with the cry that somebody was injuring the cause by the expression of some sentiments that differed with those held by the majority of mankind. The religious persecution of the ages has been done under what was claimed to be the command of God. I distrust those people who know so well what God wants them to do to their fellows, because it always... Susan B. Anthony

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