Quotes by Mary Wollstonecraft

“I do not wish women to have power over men; but over themselves.”

“Strengthen the female mind by enlarging it, and there will be an end to blind obedience.”

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

“Let woman share the rights and she will emulate the virtues of man; for she must grow more perfect when emancipated.”

“Only that education deserves emphatically to be termed cultivation of the mind which teaches young people how to begin to think.”

“The beginning is always today.”

“Women do not want power over men, they want power over themselves.”

“When we feel deeply, we reason profoundly.”

“It is justice, not charity, that is wanting in the world.”

“Taught from infancy that beauty is woman's sceptre, the mind shapes itself to the body, and roaming round its gilt cage, only seeks to adorn its prison.”

“Virtue can only flourish among equals.”

“No man chooses evil because it's evil. He only mistakes it for happiness, the good he seeks.”