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Come, come, my conservative friend, wipe the dew off your spectacles, and see that the world is moving. - [Conservative] I shall not grow conservative with age. - [Aging] Nature, like a loving mother, is ever trying to keep land and sea, mountain and valley, each in its place, to hush the angry winds and waves, balance the extremes of heat and cold, of rain and drought, that peace, harmony, and beauty may reign supreme. - [Nature] Surely the immutable laws of the universe can teach more impressive and exalted lessons than the holy books of all the religions on earth. - [Science] The more complete the despotism, the more smoothly all things move on the surface. - [Despotism] The religious superstitions of women perpetuate their bondage more than all other adverse influences. - [Superstition] To make laws that man cannot, and will not obey, serves to bring all laws into contempt. - [Law] To throw obstacles in the way of a complete education is like putting out the eyes. - [Education] Woman's discontent increases in exact proportion to her development. - [Discontent] We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men and women are created equal. - Declaration of Sentiments, First Women's Rights Convention, Seneca Falls, New York, July 19-20, 1848 [Equality]
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