"It is not because men's desires are strong that they act ill; it is because their consciences are weak."

"The ultimate sanction, therefore, of all morality, is a subjective feeling in our own minds."

"The despotism of custom is everywhere the standing hindrance to human advancement."

"The subjection of women is a standing disgrace to Europe."

"The object of this Essay is to assert one very simple principle, as entitled to govern absolutely the dealings of society with the individual in the way of compulsion and control, whether the means us…"