Mary Edwards Walker quotes
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“You [men] are not our protectors.... If you were, who would there be to protect us from?”
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“You must come to terms with the reality that nothing outside ourselves, be it people or things is actually responsible for our happiness.”
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“Let the generations know that women in uniform also guaranteed their freedom.”
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“You [men] are our protectors, is not true; for if you were, who would there be to protect us from?”
-- Mary Edwards WalkerSource : "Hit".
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“[On her wearing pants:] The greatest sorrows from which women suffer today are those physical, moral and mental ones, that are caused by their unhygienic manner of dressing! The want of the ballot is but a toy by comparison.”
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“I fired the ball for the purpose of giving those dudes to understand upon what ground I stood, believing that those of this class who believe that there are no women capable of taking care of themselves when young, would inform their friends that they might be in danger of their lives if they approached me.”
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“If it is right to be legally married, it is right to be legally divorced ... To be deprived of a Divorce is like being shut up in prison because someone attempted to kill you. It is just as honorable to get out of matrimonial trouble legally, as to be freed from any other wrong.”
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“A woman reasons by telegraph, and his [a man's] stage-coach reasoning cannot keep pace with hers.”
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“The soul of the slave, the soul of the "little man," is as dear to me as the soul of the great.”
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Source : A. E. Housman (2012). “A Shropshire Lad”, p.43, Courier Corporation
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“Trust not overmuch to the blessed Magdalen; learn to protect yourself.”
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“You [men] are not our protectors.... If you were, who would there be to protect us from?”
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