Garrison writing to Lucy Stone, on woman suffrage

“Woman presents her claim for suffrage.  Why should not her claim be granted?  There are many reasons adduced, but they are all summed up in this one grave objection: because she is  —a woman!  But as that related exclusively to sex, for which no one is responsible, which it is not possible or desirable to abolish, and in which inheres neither superiority or inferiority in the matter of natural rights  … the objection lies as heavily against man wielding the ballot as against woman.  They were created equal, in the same divine image; they were designed for each other  — to stand side by side in all the relations and liabilities of life  — neither can be elevated or depressed at the expense of the other.”