The divine right of husbands, like the divine right of kings, may, it is hoped, in this enlightened age, be contested without danger.

Make women rational creatures, and free citizens, and they will quickly become good wives; - that is, if men do not neglect the duties of husbands and fathers.

Women ought to have representatives, instead of being arbitrarily governed without any direct share allowed them in the deliberations of government.

Husbands are awkward things to deal with; even keeping them in hot water will not make them tender.

Dennis the Peasant: Listen. Strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government. Supreme executive power derives from a mandate from the masses, not from some farcical aquatic ceremony.
Arthur: Be quiet!
Dennis: You can't expect to wield supreme power just 'cause some watery tart threw a sword at you!

If women be educated for dependence; that is, to act according to the will of another fallible being, and submit, right or wrong, to power, where are we to stop?