Teddy Roosevelt said "I do not in the least believe in the patient Griselda type of woman, in the woman who submits to gross and long-continued ill-treatment, any more than I believe in a man who tamely submits to wrongful aggression." @ PoliticalQuotes.com

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I do not in the least believe in the patient Griselda type of woman, in the woman who submits to gross and long-continued ill-treatment, any more than I believe in a man who tamely submits to wrongful aggression.

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Teddy Roosevelt

Republican · New York

Source

gutenberg.org

Editor's note · Context

Roosevelt rejects the notion of women enduring mistreatment, paralleling it with men's rights.

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