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We pleaded that whatever was fit to be done at all might with…

Quote byLucy Stone · 1818–1893

Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: The Progress of Fifty Years (1893).

English (original)

We pleaded that whatever was fit to be done at all might with propriety be done by anybody who did it well; that the tools belonged to those who could use them; that the possession of a power presupposed a right to its use.

— Lucy Stone

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