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Bad men need nothing more to compass their ends, than that good men should look on and do nothing.
John Stuart Millverified·Inaugural Address Delivered to the University of St Andrews·February 1, 1867
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If ever any system of privilege and enforced subjection had its yoke tightly riveted on the necks of those who are kept down by it, this has.
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The subjection of women to men being a universal custom, any departure from it quite naturally appears unnatural.
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Her power often gives her what she has no right to, but does not enable her to assert her own rights.