Quote by Mary Astell
If all men are born free, how is it that all women are born slaves

If all men are born free, how is it that all women are born slaves? – Mary Astell

Other quotes by Mary Astell

How can a Man respect his Wife when he has a contemptible Opinion of her and her Sex? – Mary Astell

Category:
respect
Read Quote

Ignorance and a narrow education lay the foundation of vice, and imitation and custom rear it up. – Mary Astell

Category:
Education
Read Quote
Other Quotes from
Feminism
category

The world has never yet seen a truly great and virtuous nation because in the degradation of woman the very fountains of life are poisoned at their source. – Lucretia Mott

Category:
Feminism

The blood of generations of honoured women boiled in my veins. – Sarah Grand (1854–1943), “The Condemned Cell,” Emotional Moments, 1908

Category:
Feminism

Sexism is a social disease. – Author Unknown

Category:
Feminism

I, with a deeper instinct, choose a man who compels my strength, who makes enormous demands on me, who does not doubt my courage or my toughness, who does not believe me naïve or innocent, who has the courage to treat me like a woman. – Anaïs Nin

Category:
Feminism

Random Quotes

Everyone admits that love is wonderful and necessary, yet no one agrees on just what it is. – Diane Ackerman

Category:
Love

Most Americans dont care about gay marriage. – Dan Savage

Category:
Marriage

I have to say I have an incredible musical education because of my father. – Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

Category:
Education

I hate war. Absolutely, I hate war. – Norman Schwarzkopf

Category:
War