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Education is the mother of freedom; science is her eldest daughter; and her sisters, tolerance and discretion, with rights and responsibilities.

— Luisa Capetillo A Nation of Women (1911)

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It is time that "equality" stop being a vain phrase, and that the rights of both men and women be equal.

A Nation of Women (1911)

I cannot explain why a man always feels he has rights over a woman.

A Nation of Women (1911)

The current social system, with all its errors, is sustained by the ignorance and slavery of women.

A Nation of Women (1911)

Let us study and prepare our generation for the future struggles, which lie ahead.

A Nation of Women (1911)

Individuals of both sexes have fallen into the error of believing that it is only men that have the right to use their freedom as they please.

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All religions, arts and sciences are branches of the same tree. All these aspirations are directed toward ennobling man's life, lifting it from the sphere of mere physical existence and leading the individual towards freedom.

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The greater part of humanity is too much harassed and fatigued by the struggle with want, to rally itself for a new and sterner struggle with error.

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Men are born ignorant, not stupid; they are made stupid by education.

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