Words cannot describe the indignation a proud woman feels for her sex in disfranchisement.
ELIZABETH CADY STANTONA government is just only when the whole people share equally in its protection and advantages.
More Elizabeth Cady Stanton Quotes
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Men as a general rule have very little reverence for trees.
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In her present ignorance, woman’s religion, instead of making her noble and free, by the wrong application of great principles ofright and justice, has made her bondage but more certain and lasting, her degradation more hopeless and complete.
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The history of mankind is a history of repeated injuries and usurpations on the part of man toward woman.
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To refuse political equality is to rob the ostracized of all self-respect.
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Among the clergy we find our most violent enemies, those most opposed to any change in woman’s position.
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Strike the words “white male” from all your constitutions, and then, with fair sailing, let us sink or swim, live or die, survive or perish together.
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Truth is the only safe ground to stand on.
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Men think that self-sacrifice is the most charming of all the cardinal virtues for women, and in order to keep it in healthy working order, they make opportunities for its illustration as often as possible.
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To develop our real selves, we need time alone for thought and meditation. To be always giving out and never pumping in, the well runs dry.
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If the Bible teaches the equality of women, why does the church refuse to ordain women to preach the gospel, to fill the offices of deacons and elders, and to administer the Sacraments…?
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It is the inalienable right of all to be happy.
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The Bible and the Church have been the greatest stumbling blocks in the way of women’s emancipation.
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The prolonged slavery of woman is the darkest page in human history.
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Surely the immutable laws of the universe can teach more impressive and exalted lessons than the holy books of all the religions on earth.
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What will we and our daughters suffer if these degraded black men are allowed to have the rights that would make them even worse than our Saxon fathers?
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