To One Who Believes That Really Good

The People Are What Matter To Government, And A Government Should Aim To Give All The People Under Its Jurisdiction The Best Possible Life.

It Is Not The Nature Of Man, As I See It, Ever To Be Quite Satisfied With What He Has In Life.... Contentment Tends To Breed Laxity, But A Healthy Discontent Keeps Us Alert To The Changing Needs Of Our Time.

The Accusation That I Am A Woman Is Incontrovertible.

Our Idea Of What Constitutes Social Good Has Advanced With The Procession Of The Ages, From Those Desperate Times When Just To Keep Body And Soul Together Was An Achievement, To The Great Present When "good" Includes An Agreeable, Stable Civilization Accessible To All, The Opportunity Of Each To Develop His Particular Genius And The Privilege Of Mutual Usefulness.

The Door Might Not Be Opened To A Woman Again For A Long, Long Time, And I Had A Kind Of Duty To Other Women To Walk In And Sit Down On The Chair That Was Offered, And So Establish The Right Of Others Long Hence And Far Distant In Geography To Sit In The High Seats.