And when a woman's will is as strong as the man's who wants to govern her, half her strength must be concealment.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
The state controlling a woman would mean denying her full autonomy and full equality.
I shall argue that strong men, conversely, know when to compromise and that all principles can be compromised to serve a greater principle.
America is a land where men govern, but women rule.
What a profound significance small things assume when the woman we love conceals them from us.
The same words conceal and declare the thoughts of men.
The day has to come when it's not a surprise that a woman has a powerful position.
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.
Not by the forces of civil war can you govern the very weakest woman. You can kill that woman, but she escapes you then; you cannot govern her. No power on earth can govern a human being, however feeble, who withholds his or her consent.
It is high time to compel man by the might of right to give woman her political, legal and social rights. She will find her own sphere in accordance with her capacities, powers and tastes; and yet she will be woman still.
Disguise our bondage as we will, 'Tis woman, woman, rules us still.