Susan Brownell Anthony (1820-1906)

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On Sentencing 1873

"Has the prisoner anything to say why sentence should not be pronounced?" This was the opportunity that Anthony was waiting for.

"Yes, your honor," she said. "I have many things to say. In your ordered verdict of guilty, you have trampled underfoot every vital principle of our government. My natural rights, my civil rights, my political rights, my judicial rights are all alike ignored."

Judge Hunt became furious. "The court orders the prisoner to sit down," he shouted. "It will not allow another word!" Then Judge Hunt said, "The sentence of the court is that you pay a fine of $100 and the costs of prosecution."