No man consciously chooses evil because it is evil: he only mistakes it for the happiness he seeks.
¶ A Vindication of the Rights of Men (1790)
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Mary Wollstonecraft (1759-1797) English social philosopher, women's rights advocate; mother of Mary Shelley [Mary W. Godwin]
It is justice, not charity, that is wanting in the world.
¶ A Vindication of the Rights of Women (1792)
The endeavor to keep alive any hoary establishment beyond its natural date is often pernicious and always useless.
¶ The French Revolution, Bk. V, ch. 4 (1794)
Every political good carried to the extreme must be productive of evil.
¶ The French Revolution, Bk. V, ch. 4 (1794)
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