Mary Wollstonecraft - A Vindication of the Rights of Men (1790)

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No man chooses evil because it is evil; he only mistakes it for happiness, the good he seeks.

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The birthright of man... is such a degree of liberty, civil and religious, as is compatible with the liberty of every other individual with whom he is united in a social compact.

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What, but the rapacity of the only men who exercised their reason, the priests, secured such vast property to the church, when a man gave his perishable substance to save himself from the dark torments of purgatory.

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The more equality there is established among men, the more virtue and happiness will reign in society.

Mary Wollstonecraft

Why is our fancy to be appalled by terrific perspectives of a hell beyond the grave?

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