Carrie Chapman Catt quotes

Carrie Chapman Catt was an American suffragist and prominent activist for women's rights. As a leader of the National American Woman Suffrage Association, her work was instrumental in the passage of the 19th Amendment, granting women the right to vote in the United States. She dedicated her life to advancing democracy and promoting peace worldwide. Here are 6 of her quotes:

To the wrongs that need resistance, To the right that needs assistance, To the future in the distance, Give yourselves.

Carrie Chapman Catt

No written law has ever been more binding than unwritten custom supported by popular opinion.

Carrie Chapman Catt

There are whole precincts of voters in this country whose united intelligence does not equal that of one representative American woman.

Carrie Chapman Catt

Roll up your sleeves, set your mind to making history, and wage such a fight for liberty that the whole world will respect our sex.

Carrie Chapman Catt

When a just cause reaches its flood-tide, as ours has done in that country, whatever stands in the way must fall before its overwhelming power.

Carrie Chapman Catt