He [Napoleon] substituted his prejudices and tyrannical instincts for the liberal principles of republican legislation; he transformed marriage into servitude […] his armies of soldiers and public servanats were under the surveillance of a secret police force made up of thousands of agents … there was censorship everywhere … nobody enjoyed any independence.
London Journal(translated by Jean Hawkes), pp. 189–90
The greatest misfortune for women comes from their idleness or from the fact that because of their poor education they can only follow frivolous and ephemeral occupations. Necessite de faire bon accueil aux femmes étrangères translated as “On the Need to provide hospitality for women travellers” in Gordon and Cross, Early French Feminisms, p.36.
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Citation: Cross, Máire Fedelma. "Flora Tristan". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 20 December 2007 [https://www.litencyc.com/php/speople.php?rec=true&UID=5208, accessed 23 November 2024.]
