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What argument is Susan B. Anthony making in the passage?
Male citizens created the laws to secure the rights of men, so legal reform is required to secure women’s rights. Women are often punished for committing criminal acts that are pardoned when committed by men. Women are judged under laws supposedly written only for males, so they are entitled to the same rights as males. The court judge modified the original documents to arrest and try Anthony unfairly.
What passage mate?
But is urged, the use of the masculine pronouns he, his and him, in all the constitutions and laws, is proof that only men were meant to be included in their provisions. If you insist on this version of the letter of the law, we shall insist that you be consistent, and accept the other horn of the dilemma, which would compel you to exempt women from taxation for the support of the government, and from penalties for the violation of laws. . . . The same is true of all the criminal laws: "No person shall be compelled to be a witness against himself." The same with the law of May 31st, 1870, the 19th section of which I am charged with having violated; not only are all the pronouns in it masculine, but everybody knows that that particular section was intended expressly to hinder the rebels from voting. It reads "If any person shall knowingly vote without his having a lawful right," c. Precisely so with all the papers served on me-the U.S. Marshal's warrant, the bail-bond, the petition for habeas corpus, the bill of indictment-not one of them had a feminine pronoun printed in it; but, to make them applicable to me, the Clerk of the Court made a little carat at the left of "he" and placed an "s" over it, thus making she out of he. Then the letters "is" were scratched out, the little carat under and "er" over, to make her out of his, and I insist if government officials may thus manipulate the pronouns to tax, fine, imprison and hang women, women may take the same liberty with them to secure to themselves their right to a voice in the government.
"Male citizens created the laws to secure the rights of men, so legal reform is required to secure women’s rights." Is what I would say.
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We must especially beware of that small group of selfish men who would clip the wings of the American eagle in order to feather their own nests. I have recently pointed out how quickly the tempo of modern warfare could bring into our very midst the physical attack which we must eventually expect if the dictator nations win this war. There is much loose talk of our immunity from immediate and direct invasion from across the seas. Obviously, as long as the British Navy retains its power, no such danger exists. Even if there were no British Navy, it is not probable that any enemy would be stupid enough to attack us by landing troops in the United States from across thousands of miles of ocean, until it had acquired strategic bases from which to operate. But we learn much from the lessons of the past years in Europe-particularly the lesson of Norway, whose essential seaports were captured by treachery and surprise built up over a series of years. The first phase of the invasion of this Hemisphere would not be the landing of regular troops. The necessary strategic points would be occupied by secret agents and their dupes- and great numbers of them are already here, and in Latin America.
What argument is Franklin D. Roosevelt making in this excerpt from his "Four Freedoms" speech? Americans should not assume that they are safe from attack and so must be prepared for war. Americans should not depend on Britain’s navy to keep Nazi Germany in check. Americans should be prepared to make sacrifices to defend freedom all over the world. Americans should always be on their guard and report any suspicious people to the government.
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