Mary Wollstonecraft — "I am not a mere shadow, but a substance."

"I have a soul that is too generous to be selfish."

"The being who can govern her own house, and make her husband and children happy, is more respectable than a queen."

"My own sex, I hope, will excuse me, if I treat them like rational creatures, instead of flattering their fascinating graces, and viewing them as if they were in a state of perpetual childhood, unable …"

"The woman who has not been taught to respect herself, will not respect others."

"If children are to be educated to understand the true principles of patriotism, their mother must be a patriot; and the love of mankind, from which an orderly train of virtues spring, can only be prod…"