In the true marriage relation, the independence of the husband and wife is equal, the dependence mutual and their obligations reciprocal.

Lucretia Mott

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Topic

Equality in relationships Marriage Men and women

Author

Lucretia Mott

Medium

Letter

Language

English

Time

1880 1880s 19th century

Occupation

Women's right activist Activist Reformer

From

United States

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Citation

Mott, Lucretia. Spoken by Mott and written down by Susan B. Anthony. c. 1829.

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Power tends to corrupt and absolute power corrupts absolutely. Great men are almost always bad men.

Lord Acton

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Topic
Abuse of power Power Great men Corruption
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Lord Acton
Source
Letters of Lord Acton
Medium
Letter
Statement Type
Proverbs, aphorisms and adages
Language
English
Time
1887 1880s 19th century
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Citation

Lord Acton. Letter to Archbishop Mandell Creighton. 5 Apr. 1887.

Another quote about Marriage

The sum which two married people owe to one another defies calculation. It is an infinite debt, which can only be discharged through all eternity.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Elective Affinities

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Speaker
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Author

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Source
Elective Affinities
Medium
Novel
Language
German
Time
1808 1800s 19th century
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Original Citation

Von Goethe, Johann Wolfgang. Die Wahlvenwandtschaften [Elective Affinities]. Tubingen: J. G. Cottaische Buchhandlung, 1809, bk. 1, ch. 9.

Current Citation

Von Goethe, Johann Wolfgang. Elective Affinities, translated by David Constantine. Oxford University Press, 2008, bk. 1, ch. 9.