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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

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Every Body has so good an Opinion of their own Understanding as to think their own way the best. – Mary Astell

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

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I became a feminist as an alternative to becoming a masochist. – Sally Kempton, attributed

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The thing women have yet to learn is nobody gives you power. You just take it. – Roseanne Barr

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Marriage is for women the commonest mode of livelihood, and the total amount of undesired sex endured by women is probably greater in marriage than in prostitution. – Bertrand Russell, Marriage and Morals

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Every time we liberate a woman, we liberate a man. – Margaret Mead

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Everyone has a price — mine is chocolate. – Author Unknown

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Nothing is given to man on earth – struggle is built into the nature of life, and conflict is possible – the hero is the man who lets no obstacle prevent him from pursuing the values he has chosen. – Andrew Bernstein

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Owning a home is a keystone of wealth – both financial affluence and emotional security. – Suze Orman

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