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“Besides, the woman who strengthens her body and exercises her mind will, by managing her family and practising various virtues, become the friend, and not the humble dependent of her husband; and if she deserves his regard by possessing such substantial qualities, she will not find it necessary to conceal her affection, nor to pretend to an unnatural coldness of constitution to excite her husband's passions.”
― Mary Wollstonecraft, A Vindication of the Rights of Woman

“Happy would it be for women, if they were only flattered by the men who loved them; I mean, who love the individual, not the sex.”
― Mary Wollstonecraft, A Vindication of the Rights of Woman

“I presume that RATIONAL men will excuse me for endeavouring to persuade them to become more masculine and respectable.”
― Mary Wollstonecraft, A Vindication of the Rights of Woman

“Obedience, unconditional obedience, is the catch-word of tyrants of every description, and to render 'assurance doubly sure,' one kind of despotism supports another.”
― Mary Wollstonecraft, A Vindication of the Rights of Woman