“All I want to be is human and American and have all the same rights an...” — Martha Griffiths Quote

“All I want to be is human and American and have all the same rights and I will shut up.”

“Give us a chance to show you that those so-called protective laws to aid women - however well intentioned originally - have become in fact restraints, which keep wife, abandoned wife, and widow alike from supporting her family.”

“Before I leave this Earth, I would like to know they have given women the same benefits and promotions as men.”

“I don't want to shut down government.”

“If I started talking trash right now, people would just tell me to shut up, 'That's not you, Stephen - be quiet!'”

“We, as a people, we gotta know when it's time to speak up and when it's time to shut up.”