Quote#Politics & Power
And is all this tyranny any less humiliating and degrading to women,…
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)
And is all this tyranny any less humiliating and degrading to women, under our democratic republic government to-day, than it was to men, under their aristocratic, monarchical government a hundred years ago? There is not an utterance of Old John Adams, John Hancock, or Patrick Henry but finds a living response in the soul of every intelligent, patriotic woman of the nation.
— Susan B. Anthony
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