Political Quotes

“188 years after her birth, Susan B. Anthony is still remembered as a prominent and influential figure in our Nation's history. One of the greatest foremothers in the drive for women's rights, she became a leader in the fight for equal rights for all. Mr. Speaker, today marks the anniversary of Susan B. Anthony's birth. We know her as a fierce opponent of slavery, who also championed to protect the rights of those who today have become the most dispossessed in our society, the unborn. Susan B. Anthony considered one of her greatest achievements to have saved the lives of the unborn. She said ``sweeter ever than to have had the joy of caring for children of my own has it been to help bring about a better state of things for mothers generally, so that their unborn little ones could not be willed away from them.'' To Susan B. Anthony, as well as all the early suffragists, the rights of unborn children could never and should never have been separated from the promotion of women's rights. As today marks the 180th anniversary of her birth, I ask that we remember her efforts to secure equality for all and to rededicate ourselves to her life's work of guaranteeing full rights for both women and their unborn children.”