Quote#Politics & Power
From all we have said, it will now be evident, one would think, to…
Quote byErnest Belfort Bax · 1854–1926
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: The Legal Subjection of Men (1908), 11: A Sex Noblesse.
English (original)
From all we have said, it will now be evident, one would think, to the most prejudiced reader that modern English Law, following obsequiously a deluded or apathetic stage of public opinion, has solved the problem of the division of rights and duties between the sexes, by conceding to woman all rights, and imposing on man all duties.
— Ernest Belfort Bax
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