"Think of submitting our measure to the advice of politicians! I would as soon submit the subject of the equality of a goose to a fox."
"I spoke at a woman's club in Philadelphia yesterday and a young lady said to me afterwards, "Well, that sounds very nice, but don't you think it is better to be the power behind the throne?" I answered that I had not had much experience with thrones, but a woman who has been on a throne, and who is now behind it, seems to prefer to be on the throne."
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Source: Anna Howard Shaw (1960). “The Speeches of Anna Howard Shaw”
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