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Quote by Mary Wollstonecraft
I do not wish them to have power over men, but over themselves. -

I do not wish them to have power over men, but over themselves. – Mary Wollstonecraft

Other quotes by Mary Wollstonecraft

Women ought to have representatives, instead of being arbitrarily governed without any direct share allowed them in the deliberations of government. – Mary Wollstonecraft

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Make women rational creatures, and free citizens, and they will quickly become good wives – that is, if men do not neglect the duties of husbands and fathers. – Mary Wollstonecraft

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Easy is an adjective used to describe a woman who has the sexual morals of a man. – Nancy Linn-Desmond

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Women are the only exploited group in history to have been idealized into powerlessness. – Erica Jong

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To tell a woman everything she may not do is to tell her what she can do. – Spanish Proverb

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