Quotes by : Frances Wright

Ambition is the necessary spur of a great mind to great action; when acting upon a weak mind it impels....

[Men] are incomprehensible animals... They walk about boasting of their wisdom, strength, and sovereignty,....

Know why you believe, understand what you believe, and possess a reason for the faith that is in you.....

Equality is the soul of liberty; there is, in fact, no liberty without it.

However novel it may appear, I shall venture the assertion, that, until women assume the place in society....

I feel virtuous because my soul is at ease.

How are men to be secured in any rights without instruction; how to be secured in the equal exercise....

It will appear evident upon attentive consideration that equality of intellectual and physical advantages....

If we bring not the good courage of minds covetous of truth, and truth only, prepared to hear all things,....

Of the thousands who have paid homage to virtue, barely one has thought to inspect the pedestal on which....

Pets, like their owners, tend to expand a little over the Christmas period.