#frances wright

[macrolit]

Perhaps the condition of women affords, in all countries, the best criterion by which to judge the character of men.

Frances "Fanny" Wright (1795-1852) Scottish-American writer, lecturer, social reformer

[harrypotterhousequotes]

RAVENCLAW: "All that I say is, examine, inquire. Look into the nature of things. Search out the grounds of your opinions, the for and the against. Know why you believe, understand what you believe, and possess a reason for the faith that is in in you." –Frances Wright (On the Nature of Knowledge and Kindred Inquiries)

[diioonysus]

history | powerful women | scotland

[marq-de-laf]

Lafayette’s English/Scottish Friends - Thomas Clarkson (English Abolitionist), Mary Shelley (English author), Frances Wright (Scottish author), and Jeremy Bentham (English philosopher). These are just a few of the Brits and Scots Lafayette corresponded with. Many 19th and 20th century historians attributed Lafayette’s contribution to the American Revolution to a life-long hatred of the English, but this was most certainly not the case. English thinkers influenced many of Lafayette’s opinions on human rights, emancipation, and feminism. 

[varnishedtruths]

“Equality is the soul of liberty; there is, in fact, no liberty without it." Frances Wright

[cure-your-delusions]

[macrolit]

I must intreat your patience — your gentle hearing. I am not going to question your opinions. I am not going to meddle with your belief. I am not going to dictate to you mine. All that I say is, examine; enquire. Look into the nature of things. Search out the ground of your opinions, the for and the against. Know why you believe, understand what you believe, and possess a reason for the faith that is in you.

Frances "Fanny" Wright (1795-1852) Scottish-American writer, lecturer, social reformer

[harrypotterhousequotes]

RAVENCLAW: "Equality! Where is it, if not in education? Equal rights! They cannot exist without equality of instruction." –Frances Wright (Course of Popular Lectures)