Like George Sand, the feminism of the present day ... -Ellen Key

Like George Sand, the feminism of the present day asserts the right of free thought against the creed of authority in every field; the solidarity of mankind and the cause of peace against the patriotism of militarism; social reform against the existing relations of society.

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Ellen Key was a Swedish feminist and writer known for her advocacy of women's rights and progressive social ideas. Her writings addressed various issues, including education, gender roles, and sexual freedom, influencing the women's movement in Sweden and beyond.

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Whereas nationalism still seeks power, honour, and glory through means that endanger other countries, patriotism knows that a country's strength and h...
Like George Sand, the feminism of the present day asserts the right of free thought against the creed of authority in every field; the solidarity of m...
While the women of the older generation were thankful if only they succeeded in obtaining 'a work and a duty,' however monotonous and wearing it might...
The storm and stress period of women and the new social and psychological formations thereby entailed must indeed extend far into the twentieth centur...
The simplest formula for the new conception of morality, which is beginning to be opposed to the moral dogma still esteemed by all society, but especi...
Love is moral even without legal marriage, but marriage is immoral without love....
When one paints an ideal, one does not need to limit one's imagination....
Our age gives the more receptive among the young such a sense of social responsibility that one is inclined at times to fear that social interests may...
Lack of courage or means often deters the European woman from more independent business activity, and this in spite of increasing freedom to choose he...
Love, as life, will fortunately remain an eternal mystery which no science will be able to penetrate and which reason cannot rule. Our only hope for t...

Patriotism Quotes to Explore

People can call us chauvinist pigs. We expect it. But there are two definitions of chauvinism. One is an unfounded loyalty to one's own sex. We don't ...
For nationalism, sometimes we need a counter point or a villain. However, you don't need any such thing for patriotism. Patriotism is a pure love for ...
The feel of patriotism might be the common factor in my onscreen avatars, yet they were all very different from each other. All the characters had dif...
I have inherited the spirit of patriotism and love for literature from my father and the right religious and moral values from my mother Krishna Kumar...
I really want to make films on three subjects - Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose, Chandrashekhar Azad and another one on the partition of India. All are pat...
The word nationalism, to most people, has a virtuous whiff; historically, it's been conflated with terms like patriotism and loyalty and solidarity wi...
Most of what is said by candidates on the right is half-baked truths and fabrications coated in 'patriotism or family values.'...
Patriotism need not be puritanical....
God doesn't really have to have a concern for my patriotism, but I am an American, and we were blessed to be born in America....
You are patriotic when you condemn and fight for fellow citizens. That is patriotism for me....