Quote by Mary Wollstonecraft
Women are degraded by the propensity to enjoy the present moment,

Women are degraded by the propensity to enjoy the present moment, and, at last, despise the freedom which they have not sufficient virtue to struggle to attain. – Mary Wollstonecraft

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I do earnestly wish to see the distinction of sex confounded in society, unless where love animates the behaviour. – Mary Wollstonecraft

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The divine right of husbands, like the divine right of kings, may, it is hoped, in this enlightened age, be contested without danger. – Mary Wollstonecraft

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Children, I grant, should be innocent but when the epithet is applied to men, or women, it is but a civil term for weakness. – Mary Wollstonecraft

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Freedom is the by-product of economic surplus. – Aneurin Bevan

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My view is that good community management is like having good municipal government: You should be able to have dissenting opinions and so on, freedom of speech, but your grandmother should also be able to walk down the street at night without having to worry about getting mugged. – Jimmy Wales

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