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Lucretia Mott: The world has...

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The world has never yet seen a truly great and virtuous nation because in the degradation of woman the very fountains of life are poisoned at their source.

Source: In 21st Century Dictionary of Quotations, by Princeton Language Institute , 1993.
-- Lucretia Mott, (Jan 3 1793-1880), US social reformer; She was a leader in the anti-slavery movement and co-founded the U.S. women's rights movement.


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