“I think the girl who is able to earn her own living and pay her own way should be as happy as anyone on earth. The sense of independence and security is very sweet.”

-Susan B. Anthony

“I always distrust people who know so much about what God wants them to do to their fellows.”

-Susan B. Anthony

“I declare to you that woman must not depend upon the protection of man, but must be taught to protect herself, and there I take my stand.”

-Susan B. Anthony

“The older I get, the greater power I seem to have to help the world; I am like a snowball – the further I am rolled the more I gain.”

-Susan B. Anthony

“There is not a woman born who desires to eat the bread of dependence.”

-Susan B. Anthony

“I distrust those people who know so well what God wants them to do, because I notice it always coincides with their own desires.”

-Susan B. Anthony