"The old anti-slavery school says, 'Wait until the Negro is safe, and then we will attend to the women.' But we say, 'No, we will not wait for the Negro, nor for anyone else.'"

"I stand before you tonight under indictment for the alleged crime of having voted at the last presidential election, without having a lawful right to vote."

"If all the world were to go to smash, I would still hold fast to my principles."

"The one word for all our demands is 'suffrage.'"

"I think the world is upside down when a woman is forced to work for a living, and men are not."