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The question is whether a statute authorizing such proceedings in restraint of publication is consistent with the conception of the liberty of the press as historically conceived and guaranteed.

From a poor man, poor in Time, I was suddenly lifted up into a vast revenue; I could see no end of my possessions; I wanted some steward, or judicious bailiff, to manage my estates in Time for me.

I am no bird; and no net ensnares me: I am a free human being with an independent will

That any living woman should prefer it to home and husband, to love and motherhood, throws a fierce light on what women must have suffered for lack of freedom before.

To teach, to rule, to make, to decorate, to distribute,—these are not sex-functions: they are race-functions.

Economic independence is a relative condition at best.

The spirit of personal independence in the women of to-day is sure proof that a change has come.

The defining character of American constitutional government is its constant tension between security and liberty, serving both by partial helpings of each.

What truly matters is not which party controls our government, but whether our government is controlled by the people.

For history does not long entrust the care of freedom to the weak or the timid.

in the field of public education the doctrine of "separate but equal" has no place. Separate educational facilities are inherently unequal.

To the extent that a citizen's right to vote is debased, he is that much less a citizen.

The freedom to marry has long been recognized as one of the vital personal rights essential to the orderly pursuit of happiness by free men.

Under our Constitution, the freedom to marry or not marry, a person of another race resides with the individual and cannot be infringed by the State.

When I see the spirit of liberty in action, I see a strong principle at work; and this, for a while, is all I can possibly know of it.

The Revolution was made to preserve our ancient indisputable laws and liberties, and that ancient constitution of government which is our only security for law and liberty.

An armed disciplined body is, in its essence, dangerous to liberty; undisciplined, it is ruinous to society.

Do you think I was born to live the life of an oyster, such as I do live here?

To me there was no question so important as the emancipation of women from the dogmas of the past, political, religious, and social.

Emancipation should make it possible for woman to be human in the truest sense.

Peace or harmony between the sexes and individuals does not necessarily depend on a superficial equalization of human beings; nor does it call for the elimination of individual traits and peculiarities.

The most unpardonable sin in society is independence of thought.

If I have set my admiration on the poor body, I have given myself up to be a slave; if on my poor possessions, I also make myself a slave.

Keep by every means what is your own; do not desire what belongs to others.

Do not admire your clothes, and then you will not be angry with the thief.