Susan B. Anthony — "I have given my life to the cause of woman, and I have never regretted it."

"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 tell you, there is no escape for us. We shall be taken up and carried to the end of the earth, and there we shall be given a hearing."

"Independence is happiness."

"It is a downright mockery to talk to women of their enjoyment of the blessings of liberty while they are denied the use of the only means of securing them provided by this democratic-republican govern…"

"If we would have a true republic, we must have an educated suffrage, a free ballot and a fair count."