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Slavery and freedom cannot exist together.

~Ernestine Rose

Topics: Cannot Exist Freedom Slavery Together

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She had her reward! - that reward of which no enemie could deprive her, which no slanders could make less precious - the eternal reward of knowing that she had done her duty.

~Ernestine Rose

Topics: Could Deprive Done Duty Eternal Had Her Knowing Less Make Precious Reward She Which

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If you allow one single germ, one single seed of slavery to remain in the soil of America... that germ will spring up, that noxious weed will thrive, and again stifle the growth, wither the leaves, blast the flowers and poison the fair fruits of freedom.

~Ernestine Rose

Topics: Again Allow America Blast Fair Flowers Freedom Fruits Germ Growth Leaves Poison Remain Seed Single Slavery Soil Spring Stifle Thrive Up Weed Will Wither You

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When a man comes to me and tries to convince me that he is not a thief, then I take care of my coppers.

~Ernestine Rose

Topics: Care Convince He Man Me Take Take Care Then Thief Tries

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I asked God if it was a sin and He didn't say anything.

~Ernestine Rose

Topics: Anything Asked God He Say Sin

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If God is pleased in making you sick and unhappy, I hate God.

~Ernestine Rose

Topics: God Hate Making Pleased Sick Unhappy You

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Agitate! Agitate! Ought to be the motto of every reformer. Agitation is the opposite of stagnation - the one is life, the other death.

~Ernestine Rose

Topics: Agitation Death Every Life Motto Opposite Other Ought Reformer Stagnation

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No! on Human Rights and Freedom, on a subject that is as self-evident as that two and two make four, there is no need of any written authority.

~Ernestine Rose

Topics: Any Authority Four Freedom Human Human Rights Make Need Rights Self-Evident Subject Two Written

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Books and opinions, no matter from whom they came, if they are in opposition to human rights, are nothing but dead letters.

~Ernestine Rose

Topics: Books Came Dead Human Human Rights Letters Matter Nothing Opinions Opposition Rights Whom

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I suppose you all grant that woman is a human being. If she has a right to life she has a right to earn a support for that life. If a human being, she has a right to have her powers and faculties as a human being developed. If developed, she has a right to exercise them.

~Ernestine Rose

Topics: Being Developed Earn Exercise Faculties Grant Her Human Human Being Life Powers Right She Support Suppose Them Woman You

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Activist

Born: January 13th, 1810

Died: August 4th, 1892

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