Quote#Freedom
Is there a man who will not agree with me, that to talk of “freedom…
Quote bySusan B. Anthony · 1820–1906
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: "Is it a Crime For a U.S. Citizen to Vote?" (1872-1873).
English (original)
Is there a man who will not agree with me, that to talk of “freedom without the ballot” is mockery, is slavery, to the women of this republic, precisely as New England’s orator, Wendell Phillips, at the close of the late war declared it to be to the newly emancipated black men?
— Susan B. Anthony
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