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Margaret Fell Quotes on Freedom

Margaret Fell was an English philosopher, religious organizer, and the principal early architect of the Religious Society of Friends, the Quakers, alongside her second husband George Fox. This page collects quotes attributed to Margaret Fell on the topic of freedom, drawn from across the philosopher's works.

Quotes

  • Attributed to Margaret Fell:

    “It is not the custom of men but the Spirit of God that authorizes who may speak.”

  • Attributed to Margaret Fell:

    “Women's speaking is justified, proved, and allowed of by the Scriptures.”

  • Attributed to Margaret Fell:

    “The Light of Christ is in every man and every woman, and waits for the speech of either.”

  • Attributed to Margaret Fell:

    “What is written by the Spirit, the Spirit also enables to speak.”