Mary Wollstonecraft Quotes on Justice
Mary Wollstonecraft was an 18th-century English writer and philosopher, regarded as one of the founding figures of modern feminist political thought. This page collects quotes attributed to Mary Wollstonecraft on the topic of justice, drawn from across the philosopher's works.
Quotes
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“It is justice, not charity, that is wanting in the world.”
Ch. 4 -
“Virtue can only flourish among equals.”
A Vindication of the Rights of Men (1790) -
“A Vindication of the Rights of Men (1790)”
It may be confidently asserted that no man chooses evil because it is evil; he only mistakes it for happiness, the good he seeks. And the desire of rectifying these mistakes, is the noble ambition of an enlightened understanding, the impulse of feelings that Philosophy invigorates. -
“A Vindication of the Rights of Men (1790)”
Virtue can only flourish amongst equals.