1.
Regardless of what barriers confront you, it is in your power to free yourselves; you have only to want to.
Olympe de Gouges
No matter what obstructions lie in your way, you have the capacity to liberate yourselves; all that is required is the desire.
2.
Male and female citizens, being equal in the eyes of the law, must be equally admitted to all honors, positions, and public employment according to their capacity and without other distinctions besides those of their virtues and talents.
Olympe de Gouges
3.
Women have the right to mount the scaffold; they should likewise have the right to mount the rostrum.
Olympe de Gouges
Women should be allowed to ascend the platform; they should also have the right to take the stage.
4.
Woman is born free and lives equal to man in her rights. Social distinctions can be based only on the common utility.
Olympe de Gouges
'Females are born liberated and possess comparable entitlements with males. Social distinctions should be based solely on the public good.'
5.
Women, wake up; the tocsin of reason sounds throughout the universe; recognize your rights.
Olympe de Gouges
Rouse yourselves, ladies; a clarion call of rationality echoes across the world; acknowledge your entitlements.
6.
All citizens including women are equally admissible to all public dignities, offices, and employments, according to their capacity, and with no other distinction than that of their virtues and talents.
Olympe de Gouges
7.
Women, rouse yourselves! The tocsin of reason resounds through the whole universe: recognize your rights. The powerful empire of nature is no longer surrounded by prejudices, fanaticism, superstition and lies.
Olympe de Gouges
