"Marriage is a tomb of trust and love. The married woman can with impunity give bastards to her husband, and also give them the wealth which oes not belong to them. The woman who is unmarried has only one feeble right; ancient and inhuman laws refuse to her for her children t impossibility on my part to try to give my sex an honorable and just consistency, I leave it to men to attain glory for dealing with this matter; but while we wait, the way can be prepared through national education, the restoration of morals, and conjugal conventions."

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“Article 1. Woman is born free and lives equal to man in her rights. Social distinctions can be based only on the common utility.”

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